Alarms
The monitor presents physiological alarms and technical alarms. Physiological alarms
occur when vital sign measurements fall outside of set alarm limits, but they occur only
in the Continuous Monitoring and Intervals Monitoring profiles. Technical alarms occur
when there is a problem with the monitor, an accessory connected to the monitor, or the
network. Technical alarms occur in all profiles.
The monitor can communicate alarms to the following external systems:
• Nurse Call systems
• Welch Allyn software systems
WARNING The monitor is the primary alarming source for the patient, and
any external system (such as a Nurse Call or software system) is a backup
alarm source. The external system is only as reliable as its network and can
be relied on only as a backup alarming device.
WARNING When the monitor is not connected to a secondary alarm
system during continuous patient monitoring, check the monitor regularly
to receive patient data, alarms, and alerts.
Note USB is not intended for remote communication of continuous parameters
and continuous alarms. Ethernet and wireless are intended for
communication of vital signs parameters, patient data, and alarms
(including continuous and episodic parameters and alarms) to secondary
remote viewing and alarming systems.
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