GE ApexPro Operator's Manual page 203

Graph messages
2001989-200E
ARTIFACT ARR SUSPEND
LEADS FAIL
NO TELEM
OFF NETWORK
The following messages appear in the patient's bed window on the CIC Pro center
display. These relate to running graphs at the printer.
ApexPro™
All artifact begins at level 1. Sustained artifact progresses to
level 2 when noise on ECG lasts for 20 of the last 30
seconds.
Level 1 — Upon immediate detection of artifact, the
message ARTIFACT is displayed. There is no alarm
tone. Only lethal arrhythmia processing is available.
Level 2 — Arrhythmia monitoring is suspended in this
condition. A system warning alarm sounds, no
arrhythmia messages are displayed, no graph strips run
and no arrhythmia events are stored. Heart rate and
PVC values change to X, an additional message, ARR
SUSPEND, is displayed.
All leads have failed, right leg lead failed, lead wires
unplugged or reference lead failed. If set to Warning or
Advisory level, a system alarm is heard. This will self-
silence if condition is corrected, or the user can silence for
one minute with the Silence Alarms button at the bottom of
the CIC Pro center display.
The NO TELEM alarm occurs in two situations:
1. The patient moves out of range.
If the transmitter is out of range for more than 30
seconds, the NO TELEM message displays. Should a
LEADS FAIL condition occur prior to a NO TELEM
condition, the LEADS FAIL condition takes priority. The
LEADS FAIL message is displayed along with the NO
TELEM message.
2. Transmitter batteries are extremely low or dead.
If batteries are extremely low or completely dead, the
NO TELEM message appears, a CHANGE BATTERY
message appears in the patient's bed window, and the
audible alarm sounds. Activating the ALL ALARMS
OFF feature prevents the audible alarm from sounding.
In the Combo mode, telemetry patient data is provided from
the bedside monitor to the CIC Pro center. If the bedside
monitor is removed from the network or becomes otherwise
unavailable, the NO COMM message displays first on the
CIC Pro center and there is a loss of monitoring for about 45
seconds, then waveforms return and the OFF NETWORK
message is displayed below the HR parameter window.
The CIC Pro center will then display patient data directly from
the telemetry bed along with this message in that CIC Pro
center bed window. Should the bedside monitor reappear on
the network, the Combo monitoring application will
automatically resume and the alarm will be cleared.
This alarm is also generated if the receiver system is
removed from the network or becomes otherwise
unavailable. The bedside monitor does not sound alarms, but
the alarms must be turned back on at the bedside monitor if
they were previously paused or off.
Troubleshooting
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