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While Alarms are Paused or Off
When red alarms are paused or off:
• The red Alarms Paused lamp on the monitor front panel is lit.
In the alarm field, the monitor displays the message
Al. Paused x:yy or Alarms Off, together with
the alarms paused symbol or the alarms off symbol.
When yellow alarms are paused or off:
• The yellow Alarms Paused lamp on the monitor front panel is lit.
In the alarm field, the monitor displays the message
YellowPaused x:yy or Yellow Alarms Off,
together with the alarms paused symbol or the alarms off symbol.
For red and yellow alarms:
• No alarms are sounded and no alarm messages are shown.
• INOP messages are shown but no INOP tones are sounded.
The only exceptions are the INOPs
Cuff Not Deflated, NBP Cuff Overpress and INOPs relating
to empty, missing and malfunctioning batteries.
These INOPs switch the alarms on, and the INOP tones are sounded, even if alarms are paused or
off. You need to remove the INOP condition first before you can switch the alarm tones off again.
• The nurse call relay is not active.
If a disconnect INOP is present and alarms are paused or switched off, the measurement in question
may be switched off, depending on monitor configuration.
Restarting Paused Alarms
To manually switch on alarm indication again after a pause, select the permanent key Pause Alarms (or
Alarms Off) again.
Alarm indication starts again automatically after the pause period expires. If the monitor is configured
to stay paused infinitely, you must select
Alarms Off again to restart alarm indication.
Resetting Arrhythmia Alarm Timeouts
To reset the timeout period, either
• select the
Alarms Off or Pause Alarms permanent key and then reselect it, or
•select
Reset Alarming in the Review Alarms window or the Alarm Messages window.
Extending the Alarm Pause Time
If your monitor has extended alarm pause enabled, you can extend the alarm pause time. Use this to
prevent alarms being indicated, for example, while you are washing a patient or carrying out a
procedure. Only extend the alarm pause time when you are sure that clinical personnel are available to
monitor the patient's condition closely.
Alarms Paused Alarms Off
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