Philips Expression MR400 - Adjustable Alarm Limit Ranges

4‐22AlarmsExpressionMR400InstructionsforUse
• Offdoesnotdisplaythealarmlimitsettings.
• Ondisplaysthealarmlimitsettings.(Default)
Tocontrolthedisplayfunctionforthealarmlimitsettings
Adjustable Alarm Limit Ranges
Withtheexceptionofbellowsr e spiration,eachparameteralarmhasadjustablelimitsasindica tedin 
thetablesbelow
.  Notethatthealarmlimitnumericvaluescanbesettooff,withtheexceptionof
O2,N2O,FiCO2.
TheMR400alsopreventscrossoveroflowandhighalarmlimitsettings,anda
minimumnumberofunitsseparatestheselowandhighsettings.Whenaparameterhasbeen
turnedof f, itsalarmlimitswillbeoff.Alarmlimits areadjustablebythesameresolutionspecifiedin
eachparameter'smeasuremen tresolution
setforthinAppendixA.
Note
The minimum and maximum values for the low and high limits represent the most extreme settings
possible. For some vital signs, these values can be obtained for a low or high alarm limit only if
the other limit is off.
ThetablebelowprovidesthealarmlimitrangesfortheMR400
.
Step Action
1PresstheSetupkeyandthentheAlarmskey.
TheAlarmsmenuappears.Currentsettingsaredisplayed.
2 SelectLimitsDisplay.
TheLimitsDisplaymenuappears.Thecurrentsettingis
highlighted.
3 Selectthedesiredoptionfordisplayofthealarmlimitsettings:
Off
On
Thesettingisselected.
Vital Sign or
Parameter
Unit Patient Type
Low Alarm Limit* High Alarm Limit* Low and
High Limit
Separation
Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum
HR BPM All Off, 30 250 60 250, Off 2
SPO2 Percent All Off, 50 100 70 100, Off 2
CO2 (Et) mmHg
kPa
All Off, 5
Off, 0.7
60
8.0
5
0.7
90, Off
12.0, Off
2