Continuous SpO
2
Monitoring
5-8 EarlyVue VS30 Instructions for Use
Turning SpO
2
Alarm Audio Off
WARNING
• Never disable an auditory alarm if this action could compromise patient safety.
• Do not rely exclusively on the auditory alarm system for patient monitoring. The most reliable
method of patient monitoring requires correct operation of the monitor and close observation of
the patient.
Alarm audio is on by default unless either of the following is true:
• You are operating in Alarms Off monitoring mode (if this mode was enabled by your
system administrator). See “Alarms Off Mode” on page 4-16.
• Audio is globally turned off (if this option was enabled by your system administrator).
See “Global Audio Off Mode” on page 4-15.
In the SpO2 menu, you can touch the Alarm Audio On/Off button to toggle alarm audio
on and off. For details, see “To turn off alarm audio for one measurement” on page 4-9.
Continuous SpO
2
Monitoring
You can use Continuous monitoring mode to continuously measure SpO
2
and other
measurements for a single patient. In Continuous monitoring mode you can specify how
often the monitor saves these measurements to a patient record. At the specified time
interval, a new record is created to log SpO2 and other available measurements for the
current patient.
To enable continuous monitoring mode, touch Continuous in the Mode menu. See
“Monitoring Mode Menu” on page 2-18 for more information.
Considerations
Before enabling continuous monitoring, note the following:
• Your system administrator can configure a default interval for saving measurements
to the patient record. You can change the setting for the current patient, but when a
new patient is admitted, the interval resets to the default.
• Your system administrator can configure the monitor to align SpO
2
measurements
with the monitor’s clock. For example, if the interval is 10 minutes and you begin
taking continuous measurements at 10:17, the monitor saves the first measurement at
10:17. The next measurement is saved at 10:20, then 10:30, 10:40, and so on.
• If the monitor is not configured to align measurements to the clock, the
measurements in the example above occur at 10:17, 10:27, 10:37, and so on.
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