Hamilton G5 - Active Alarm Buffer

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10 Responding to alarms
Respond to an alarm as follows:
1. Approach the patient immediately. Secure sufficient and
effective ventilation for the patient. Then take actions to
silence the alarm.
2. Correct the alarm condition from the alarm messages,
referring to the Alarm troubleshooting table later in this
section. Search for other related alarm conditions in the
active alarm buffer. When the condition causing an alarm is
corrected, the device automatically resets the alarm. Later,
you can see which alarms were reset in the
Alarms event
log.
10.3 Active alarm buffer
The active alarm buffer (Figure 10-2) displays active alarms.
Corresponding alarm messages also alternate in the message
bar. They are stored in the
Alarms log (Section 10.4). The
alarm information remains in the buffer as long as the condi-
tions that caused each alarm persist.
Open the
Alarms -> Buffer window with the Buffer tab.
The latest occurring alarm is at the top; here the displays six
active alarms. You can only view the previous six detected
alarms. This way, the original alarm remains visible.
To view the latest inactive alarms, open the inactive alarms
message bar with the i-icon. Confirm that you read and accept
the inactive alarms by closing the i-icon window. Inactive
alarms will be stored in the event log and the i-icon will
disappear.