%SpO2
Seconds
Satseconds
2
x
2
=
4
4
x
3
=
12
6
x
6
=
36
Total
SatSeconds
=
52
After
approxi~nately 10.9 seconds the
SatSeconds
alarm would
sound, because 50
SatSeconds
had been exceeded. See arrow
(+)
in Figure 5.
01 234567891011
SECONDS
Figure
11:
Alarm
Response
with
Satseconds
Saturation levels may fluctuate rather than remaining steady for
a period
of
several seconds. Often, %Sp02 levels may fluctuate
above and below the
alarm limit, re-entering the non-alann
range several times.