Satseconds Display; Describing Satseconds - Nellcor OXIMAX N-560 Operator's Manual

SatSeconds Display

Describing SatSeconds

N-560 Operator's Manual
Table 5: Factory Default Settings (Cont.)
Parameter
Silence Alarms
When the N-560 SatSeconds technology detects an SpO
the alarm limit, the SatSeconds indicator LEDs begin to light (fill)
clockwise. When the SpO
indicator LEDs will extinguish counterclockwise.
When all of the SatSeconds indicator LEDs are lit, indicating that the
SatSeconds setting has been reached, an audible alarm sounds and the
SatSeconds indicator LEDs flash. As with traditional alarm management,
the audible alarm may be silenced by pressing the
Note: When a SatSeconds setting other than OFF is selected, the green
LED at the top of the SatSeconds indicator will light. The green
LED indicates that SatSeconds have been engaged.
With traditional alarm management, upper and lower alarm limits are set
for monitoring oxygen saturation. During monitoring, as soon as an alarm
limit is violated by as little as one percentage point, an audible alarm
immediately sounds. When the %SpO
limit, the alarm sounds each time the limit is violated. Such frequent
alarms can be distracting.
The N-560 utilizes Nellcor SatSeconds alarm management. With the
SatSeconds technique, upper and lower alarm limits are set in the same
way as traditional alarm management. However, the clinician also sets a
SatSeconds limit that allows monitoring of %SpO
lower alarm limit and above the selected upper alarm limit for a period of
time before an audible alarm sounds.
The SatSeconds limit controls the time that the %SpO
below the alarm limit before an audible alarm sounds.
Technical Information
Range
0, 1
value is within the set limits, the SatSeconds
2
level fluctuates near an alarm
2
2
Factory Default
Setting
1 (Off)
value outside
2
button.
Alarm Silence
below the selected
level may fall
2
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