Alarms 5-1
Introduction
5
Alarms
This chapter lists Physiologic (Patient) Alarms and Technical (Inoperative
Condition) Alarms. It also describes how to pause/suspend alarms temporarily.
It includes the following sections:
• Alarm Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
• Suspending/Pausing Alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
• Physiologic Alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
• Technical Alarms (INOPs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10