Philips HeartStart MRx - Setting Up Microstream EtCO2 Measurements

Pulse Rate Alarms 8Pulse Oximetry
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SpO
2
Desat Alarm
The HeartStart MRx also provides an alarm for SpO
2
Desat Limit. The SpO
2
Desat alarm provides an
additional limit setting below the low limit setting to notify you of potentially life threatening decreases
in oxygen saturation. This additional limit setting is preset through the Configuration menu.
NOTE If the SpO
2
Low Limit alarm value is set below the configured SpO
2
Desat Limit, the SpO
2
Desat
Limit value is automatically adjusted to the SpO
2
Low Limit alarm value. Should the SpO
2
reading fall
below this limit, the SpO
2
Desat Limit alarm is announced.
Enabling/Disabling the SpO
2
Alarms
To enable the Sp O
2
Alarms, perform the following steps:
1 Press the Menu Select button.
2 Using the Navigation buttons, select the Measurements/Alarms menu and press the Menu Select
button.
3 Select SpO
2
and press the Menu Select button.
4 Select Alarms On/Off and press the Menu Select button.
NOTE While an NBP measurement is in progress, SpO
2
INOP messages are suppressed for up to 60 seconds.
Pulse Rate Alarms
Pulse Rate alarms are off unless you enable them during use. The configured alarm limits may be
changed during use. Alarms are annunciated if measurements fall outside the configured limits for high
and low pulse rate. Pulse Rate alarms are all categorized as “non-latching” alarms, meaning they are
automatically removed when their alarm condition no longer exists. Table 11 details Pulse Rate alarms.
Table 11 Pulse Rate Physiological Alarms
Alarm Message Type of Alarm Indicator Condition
Pulse High
Yellow
Yellow alarm message;
alarm tone
Pulse value exceeds the high alarm limit.
Pulse Low
Yellow
Yellow alarm message;
alarm tone
Pulse value has fallen below the low
alarm limit.