Crisis; Warning; Procedural; Message - GE Dash 2500 Operator's Manual

Crisis

Warning

Procedural

Message

4-6
Alarms: Alarm Priorities
A crisis alarm must be acknowledged by pushing the Silence Alarm hardkey
even if the alarming condition has been corrected.
what if...
multiple crisis conditions
occur at the same time
alarms have been silenced
and a new crisis alarm
occurs
monitor is connected to
remote alarm
A warning alarm continues until the alarming condition has been corrected.
Pushing the Silence Alarm hardkey will temporarily suspend the audible
indication.
what if...
alarms have been silenced
and a new warning alarm
occurs
A procedural alarm continues until the alarming condition has been corrected.
Pushing the Silence Alarm hardkey will temporarily suspend the audible
indication.
what if...
alarms have been silenced
and a new procedural alarm
occurs
A message alarm has no audible indication. The visual indication will continue
until the alarming condition has been corrected.
Dash 2500 Patient Monitor
result
alarm messages appear sequentially in alarm
message field; pushing Silence Alarm hardkey
once acknowledges all alarms
new crisis alarm overrides silence; push Silence
Alarm hardkey to acknowledge
alarm cannot be acknowledged from remote
location; push Silence Alarm hardkey to
acknowledge
result
new warning alarm DOES NOT override silence;
indication of new alarm will NOT be audible until
silence time period has ended
result
new procedural alarm DOES NOT override alarm
silence; indication of new alarm will NOT be
audible until silence time period has ended
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