ZOE PPM3 - Pulse Oximetry Monitoring Messages

April 2019 Nightingale PPM3 User's Guide 5-5
Pulse Oximetry Monitoring
5.5. Pulse Oximetry Monitoring Messages
Note – Factory default SpO
2
alarm and limit settings may be found in the PPM3 Monitor
Settings chapter.
Message
Parameter
Value
Possible Cause
Suggested Action
SpO
2
< [lower limit]
[number]
The patient's oxygen
saturation has fallen
below the current lower
alarm limit.
Check the patient and provide any
necessary clinical care
Change the alarm limit if it is no longer
clinically appropriate
SpO
2
> [upper limit]
[number]
The patient's oxygen
saturation has risen
above the current upper
alarm limit.
Check the patient and provide any
necessary clinical care
Change the alarm limit if it is no longer
clinically appropriate
HR < [lower limit]
Note – When PR is
sourced from SpO
2
the
Pulse Rate is labeled in
cyan as "HR (SpO2)" in
the HR parameter box.
PR alarm conditions
annunciate as HR
alarms.
[number]
The patient's pulse rate
has fallen below the
current lower alarm limit.
Check the patient and provide any
necessary clinical care
Change the alarm limit if it is no longer
clinically appropriate
HR > [upper limit]
Note – When PR is
sourced from SpO
2
the
Pulse Rate is labeled in
cyan as "HR (SpO2)" in
the HR parameter box.
PR alarms use the HR
alarm limit settings. PR
alarm conditions
annunciate as HR
alarms.
[number]
The patient's pulse rate
has risen above the
current upper alarm limit.
Check the patient and provide any
necessary clinical care
Change the alarm limit if it is no longer
clinically appropriate