Welch Allyn 53N00 - Alarm Indicators; Setting Alarms

56 Chapter 4 Alarms and Alerts Welch Allyn Vital Signs Monitor 300 Series
Alarm Indicators
The monitor alarm indicators are as follows:
Setting Alarms
During patient monitoring, an alarm occurs when a measurement falls outside the
programmed alarm limit. Alarms can be set or turned off for the following vital signs:
• Systolic high and systolic low
• Diastolic high and diastolic low
• Pulse rate high and pulse rate low
•SpO
2
high and SpO
2
low
• MAP high and MAP low
Event Audible Indicator Visual Indicator
Patient Alarm Three short tones in quick succession, followed
by a short silence, and then two short tones in
quick succession, followed by a long silence;
repeated until action is taken.
Flashing display of the violating value.
For a MAP violation, the monitor
repeatedly flashes the MAP numerics in
the message display.
Equipment Alert,
Nonrecoverable
Three short tones in quick succession, followed
by a short silence, and then two short tones in
quick succession, followed by a long silence;
repeated for one minute or until power is shut
off.
Flashing display of the violating value for
one minute or until power is shut off.
Error Two short tones Continuous display of the error code in the
appropriate window.
Equipment Alert,
Recoverable, NIBP
Two short tones Continuous display of the error code in the
appropriate window.
Equipment Alert,
Recoverable, SpO
2
,
after valid reading
Two short tones Flashing display of the last SpO
2
and Pulse
Rate, followed in some cases by a Patient
Alarm tone.