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• Select the Print Limits pop-up key to print an overview of all alarm limits on a connected printer.
• Select the
Record Limits pop-up key to send a recording of the alarm limits to a recorder.
Reviewing Alarms
You can see which alarms and INOPs are currently active in the respective alarms and INOPs fields at
the top of the screen.
To see the currently active alarms and INOPs listed in one place, select any of the alarm status areas on
the monitor screen. The
Alarm Messages window pops up.
All alarms are erased from the
Alarm Messages window when you discharge a patient, or if you
change to Demonstration Mode.
Alarm Messages Window
The Alarm Messages window shows all the currently active alarms and INOPs sorted by priority,
beginning at the top with the most recent. INOPs are shown on the left hand side and patient alarms
are shown on the right hand side. Any active red alarms are shown first, followed by yellow alarms.
Acknowledged alarms or INOPs are shown with the check mark symbol.
The
Alarm Messages window pop-up keys appear when the window is opened. If alarm pause
extension is disabled, the pause pop-up keys are inactive ("grayed-out"). Selecting the
Review Alarms
pop-up key opens the
Review Alarms window.
If you do not immediately understand an INOP or alarm message, refer to its help text.
•In the
Alarm Messages window, select the message. This calls up a help window with an
explanation of the message and, where appropriate, a suggested solution for the problem.
• If the alarm or INOP was generated in a device other than the monitor (for instance, in an MMS
or FMS), this source is specified at the end of the help text.
Review Alarms Window
The Review Alarms window contains a list of the most recent alarms and INOPs with date and time
information.
If configured to do so, each alarm is shown with the alarm limit active when the alarm was triggered
and the maximum value measured beyond this limit. The
Review Alarms window also shows when the
monitor was switched on (after being switched off for longer than 1 minute) and any actions related to
switching device alarms on and off, entering or leaving Standby mode, silencing alarms or changing the
ECG source.
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.
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