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When you select an item from the list, you can get additional information about that item. If you select
a high or low limit alarm in the list, the
Graphical Trends window will open to provide further data. If
you select an alarm resulting from an event alarm notification, the
Event Episode window for that
event will open. If you select an alert other than a high or low alarm, a help text window opens with
more information. This is the same as the help text window that opens in the
Alarm Messages
window. Some items in the list are simply log items not related to a patient alert as such (for example,
Alarms On or Alarms Off). You cannot see any further information if you select one of these items.
When you close these windows you will return to the
Review Alarms window.
The information in the
Review Alarms window is deleted when a patient is discharged, and when you
leave Demonstration Mode.
The
Review Alarms window pop-up keys appear when the window is opened. If alarm pause
extension is disabled, the pause pop-up keys are inactive. Selecting the
Active Alarms pop-up key
opens the
Alarm Messages window.
Latching Alarms
The alarm latching setting for your monitor defines how the alarm indicators behave when you do not
acknowledge them. When alarms are set to non-latching, their indicators end when the alarm condition
ends. Switching alarm latching on means that visual and/or audible alarm indications are still displayed
or announced by the monitor after the alarm condition ends. The indication lasts until you
acknowledge the alarm.
Viewing the Alarm Latching Settings
To see the alarm latching setting for your monitor
1 In the monitor's Main Setup menu, select Alarms.
2 Select Alarm Settings, and see the Visual Latching and Audible Latching settings.
This setting can only be changed in Configuration Mode. You should be aware of the settings chosen
for your unit. There are three possible choices each for visual and audible latching, red, red and yellow,
and off. These choices can be combined to give the following settings:
Visual Latching Audible Latching
Red&Yellow Red&Yellow
Red&Yellow Red Only
Red&Yellow Off
Red Only Red Only
Red Only Off
Off Off
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