High Priority Alarm; Table 7. High Priority Alarm Parameters And Causes - Nonin LifeSense LS1-9R Operator's Manual

• If audible alarms are active, pressing this button temporarily disables all of the active audible
alarms in one or more categories for 2 minutes. Alarms will reactivate if the operator presses
the Audible Alarm Pause/Resume button again during those 2 minutes or if an alarm from a
different category begins.
Example: Patient experiences a high pulse rate (i.e., pulse oximetry alarm) and the audible
alarm sounds. Operator presses the Audible Alarm Pause/Resume button to silence the pulse
oximetry alarms for 2 minutes. If a new capnography or system alarm triggers during those
2 minutes, audible alarms are reactivated.
• If there are no active audible alarms, pressing this button temporarily disables all audible
alarms for 2 minutes. The operator can reactivate the alarms before the 2 minutes are up by
pressing the button again.
The visual alarms remain active until the condition is corrected.
The operator can increase
lower alarm limits are set to 0 for the capnograph and for the pulse oximeter, alarms are disabled
until the limits are set higher. The Alarm Disabled icon

High Priority Alarm

A high priority alarm calls for immediate action from the operator. An alarm (table 7) occurs if any
of the parameters are outside the operator-defined limits (or default alarm limits if operator-
defined limits have not been set).
High priority alarms are both audible and visual:
• Audible alarms beep faster in a high priority situation than in a low priority situation.
• The value and the exceeded alarm parameter setting(s) flash on the monitor display.
Table 7: High Priority Alarm Parameters and Causes
Parameter
Pulse
Pulse
SpO
2
SpO
2
EtCO
2
EtCO
2
RR
RR
NO BREATH
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or decrease the alarm limit settings for individual patients. If
Outside the high limit setting
Below the low limit setting
Outside the high limit setting
Below the low limit setting
Outside the high limit setting
Below the low limit setting
Outside the high limit setting
Below the low limit setting
No breath is detected for approximately 25 seconds
appears on the touch panel display.
Cause of Alarm