Philips IntelliVue MX800 - Using ECG Alarms; Extreme Alarm Limits; 1 Extreme Brady Limit; 2 Low Limit

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Using ECG Alarms
ECG alarms can be switched on and off and the high and low alarm limits changed just like other
measurement alarms, as described in the Alarms chapter. Special alarm features which apply only to
ECG are described here.
Extreme Alarm Limits
The extreme rate alarms, Extreme Tachy and Extreme Brady, generated by the active alarm source,
either HR or Pulse, are set in Configuration Mode by adding a set value (the Δ value) to the high and
low alarm limits.
You need to know which value has been configured for your monitor. Changing the high and low
alarm limits automatically changes the extreme alarm limits within the allowed range.
To see the extreme rate alarms set for your monitor, in the
Setup ECG menu, see the menu items Δ
ExtrTachy
and Δ ExtrBrady.
Cardiotach Alarms Additional Alarms with Basic
Arrhythmia Option
Additional Alarms with
Enhanced Arrhythmia Option
***Asystole
***Ventricular Fibrillation/
Tachycardia
***Extreme Bradycardia
***Extreme Tachycardia
**High heart rate
**Low heart rate
***Ventricular Tachycardia
**Pacer Not Capture
**Pacer Not Pacing
**PVCs/min HIGH (PVC >
limit/min)
**Afib
**Supraventricular Tach
**Missed Beat
**Pause
**Irregular HR
**Ventricular Rhythm
**Run PVCs High
**Pair PVCs
**R-on-T PVCs
**Ventricular bigeminy
**Ventricular trigeminy
**Non-sustain VT
**Multiform PVCs
1 Extreme Brady Limit
2 Low Limit
3 High Limit
4 Extreme Tachy Limit
5 Δ Extreme Brady
6 Δ Extreme Tachy