Gima PC-900 - 5.2 Alarm Signal Generation

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Medium Priority:
HR over range
High Priority:
Low battery
SpO
2
over limit
SYS over limit
DIA over limit
MAP over limit
Temp over limit
PR over limit
HR over limit
RR over limit
Unable to detect SpO
2
Unable to detect HR
Timing:
5.2 Alarm Signal Generation
When there is alarm condition, the monitor generates alarm signal with visual indications (which are shown by two ways:
LED indicator with different color and textual message display) and audible indication.
Visual Alarm Indication
The flashing rates for the three categories of alarms are shown in the table below.
LED Indicator Color
Alarm Category
Flashing Rate
Red flashing
High priority alarm
2 Hz
Yellow flashing
Medium priority alarm
0.5 Hz
Yellow light
Low priority alarm
Constant(on)(non-flashing)
Table 5.1
Refer to Chapter 11.2 Alarm Information for detailed alarm message descriptions.
Audible Alarm Indication
The audible alarm has different tone pitch and on-off beep patterns for each priority category. These are summarized in
the table below.
Alarm Category
Tone Pitch
Beep Chain
High priority alarm
~400Hz
10 beeps pause 3 sec.
Medium priority alarm
~500Hz
3 beeps pause 5 sec.
Low priority alarm
~500Hz
Single beep
Table 5.2
Note: Visual alarm indication can not be suspended or removed. Audible alarms may be decreased in volume or silenced
as described.