Welch Allyn Acuity Directions For Use Manual page 65

Directions for use
Adjust preferences for a patient's arrhythmia alarming
To adjust preferences for a patient's arrhythmia alarming
1. In the patient's Virtual Monitor, click Setup, Arrhythmia Alarms.
2. Adjust preferences for alarming.
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3. If the patient has a pacemaker, see
for a pacemaker patient"
Alarm Level: To specify the alarming priority for an arrhythmia type, click the arrow
next to the arrhythmia, and then select an alarm level.
If an alarm level is set to off and an event of that type occurs,
patient's review windows.
For a description of alarm levels, see
WARNING Turning off alarming for arrhythmia types and ST Analysis disables
both audio and visual alarm indicators. Although alarming for lethal arrhythmias
cannot be turned off, patients susceptible to arrhythmias must be kept under
close physical surveillance if their alarming has been turned off for any arrhythmia
types.
WARNING Minimize patient movement during a RELEARN, as movement
creates noise during the reading. If the system learns an abnormal rhythm or
learns a rhythm during noise, it designates the learned rhythm as normal.
Thereafter, rhythms of this type might not trigger an alarm. Ensure that the
patient remains still for 5 minutes after the RELEARN before allowing them to
move.
Irregular limit (under Options): To adjust the minimum duration that an irregular
rhythm arrhythmia must occur before the Acuity System alarms, click an arrow to
specify seconds, and then check the Irregular Limit box.
Print on Alarm: To specify that central station alarm printouts occur for a specific
arrhythmia type alarm, check the Print on Alarm box next to the arrhythmia type.
on page 62.
Chapter 4 Adjust monitoring settings and patient information
Table 6 on page 94.
"To set additional arrhythmia analysis preferences
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Single ECG enables you to
select one lead for
arrhythmia analysis. This
is useful if false alarms
occur because of a
patient's unique beat
morphology. For details,
see Table 14 on
page 152.
Always turn off Analyze
Pacers for non-paced
patients.
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