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3Alarms
The alarm information here applies to all measurements. Measurement-specific alarm information is
discussed in the sections on individual measurements.
The monitor has three alarm levels: red, yellow, and INOP.
Red and yellow alarms are patient alarms. A red alarm indicates a high priority patient alarm such as a
potentially life threatening situation (for example, asystole). A yellow alarm indicates a lower priority
patient alarm (for example, a respiration alarm limit violation). Yellow arrhythmia alarms are specific to
arrhythmia-related patient conditions (for example, ventricular bigeminy).
INOPs are technical alarms, they indicate that the monitor cannot measure or detect alarm conditions
reliably. If an INOP interrupts monitoring and alarm detection (for example, LEADS OFF), the
monitor places a question mark in place of the measurement numeric and an audible indicator tone
will be sounded. INOPs without this audible indicator indicate that there may a problem with the
reliability of the data, but that monitoring is not interrupted.
Alarms are indicated after the alarm delay time. This is made up of the system delay time plus the
trigger delay time for the individual measurement. See the specifications section for details.
If more than one alarm is active, the alarm messages are shown in the
alarm status area in succession. An arrow symbol next to the alarm
message informs you that more than one message is active.
The monitor sounds an audible indicator for the highest priority alarm. If more than one alarm
condition is active in the same measurement, the monitor announces the most severe. Your monitor
may be configured to increase alarm indicator volume automatically during the time when the alarm is
not acknowledged.
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