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◆ Select the Main Menu quick key → from the Alarm column select Setup.
2. Set Alarm Volume. The optional alarm volume is between X to 10, in which X is the minimum volume,
depending on the setting of minimum alarm volume, and 10 is the maximum volume.
3. Select High Alarm Volume to set the volume of the high priority alarm.
4. Select Reminder Volume to set the volume of the reminder tone.
• When the alarm volume is set to 0, the alarm sound is turned off and the audio off symbol appears
on the screen.
• You cannot set the volume of high priority alarms if Alarm Volume is set to 0.
10.6.2.2 Password Protected Audio Alarm Settings
The following alarm settings are password protected:
â– Minimum alarm volume
â– Alarm sound pattern
â– Alarm interval
â– Alarm sound escalation switch and delay
For more information, see 39.4.1The Audio Tab.
10.6.3 Setting the Auto Limits for New Patient Switch
If the Auto Limits for New Patient function is enabled, a dialog box pops up to ask you whether to set alarm
limits basing on the latest parameter measurements for a newly admitted patient. To set the Auto Limits for
New Patient switch, follow this procedure:
1. Enter the alarm setup page in any of the following ways:
◆ Select the Alarm Setup quick key → select the Setup tab.
◆ Select the Main Menu quick key → from the Alarm column select Setup.
2. Set the Auto Limits for New Patient switch.
When Auto Limits for New Patient is switched on, the confirmation dialog box pops up if all of the following
requirements are met:
â– Within 10 minutes after the patient is admitted.
â– Continuous measurements are stable.
â– An NIBP measurement has been taken
â– HR alarm switch is on.
â– No fatal alarms are triggered.
â– The patient is not in poor perfusion condition.
â– Alarm limit of any parameter was not manually changed.
â– The monitor is not in intubation mode, rescue mode, private mode, or CPB mode.
• The Auto Limits for New Patient function is intended for newly admitted patients only.
• The automatically set alarm limits take effect only after being confirmed.
10.6.4 Initiating Auto Alarm Limits
The monitor provides the auto alarm limits function to automatically adjust alarm limits according to the
patient’s vital signs using. When auto limits are selected, the monitor calculates safe auto limits based on the
latest measured values. To get accurate auto alarm limits, you need to collect a set of measured vital signs as a
baseline.