ZOE PPM3 - Alarm Validation; Alarm Handling at Start-Up; Alarm Reports

12-6 Nightingale PPM3 User's Guide April 2019
Managing Alarms
12.1.6. Alarm Validation
Under the password-protected Setup Alarms menu (under the Setup
Administration menu), there is a feature called Alarm Validation. When this
feature is enabled, certain parameter limit violations are not considered to be in
alarm until they have existed for a certain time period, as listed below:
Limit Violation
Alarm Validation
Time
HR Upper Limit
5 seconds
HR Lower Limit
5 seconds
RR Upper Limit
5 seconds
SpO
2
Upper Limit
5 seconds
SpO
2
Lower Limit
5 seconds
IBP Upper Limit
5 seconds
IBP Lower Limit
5 seconds
The purpose of this feature is to reduce nuisance alarms in which parameter
values may go out of limits for a very short time.
Note – Alarm Validation is enabled as a factory default.
12.1.7. Alarm Handling at Start-up
When the PPM3 is initially powered-up or brought out of standby, alarms will not
be annunciated for a given parameter until the lead set or probe has been applied
to the patient. This prevents nuisance alarms for parameters that are not being
monitored on a given patient.
12.1.8. Alarm Reports
When the Nightingale PPM3 is connected to the MPC Central Station, an alarm
report is stored at the MPC for each medium- and high-grade alarm that is
annunciated for the HR parameter. This includes upper and lower limit