Welch Allyn Acuity Directions For Use Manual page 147

Directions for use
Table 8. Icons and messages that represent patient and monitor status
Patient/monitor
status icon
Patient Alarm
or
Telemetry Dropout
No Continuous Heart/
Pulse Rate Source
Icon display Icon location on map
priority
Take priority Locations representing
over alerts. monitors that are audibly
alarming in response to
one of these conditions:
• Patient vital sign
limit violations
• Patient monitor is
not communicating
with the Acuity
System.
Take priority Locations representing
over alerts. monitors that no longer
receive continuous heart/
pulse rate signals. If
monitoring began
without an HR/PR
source, the icon remains
blue.
Chapter 9 Status icons
Messages in Recommended action
hallway message
panels and at top
of Acuity Central
Station screen
[room #] Patient Alarm
VT Attend to the patient and
ASYS suspend or silence the
VF alarm tone. You can turn
APNEA off or reset alarm limits
Limit vital sign also at the central station.
Then click the Silence/
or Reset key at the patient
monitor. or Resume at the
[room #] Dropout central station Virtual
Monitor.
Telemetry Dropout
During this state,
Arrhythmia and ST alarms
are not indicated.
1. Click one of these
buttons:
• SUSPEND to
suspend the alarm
tone for 90 seconds
• RESET to stop the
alert and put the
monitor in the blue,
"patient intentionally
disconnected" state,
2. Bring the wireless
monitor within range
of a wireless access
point.
3. If the problem
persists, contact
qualified service
personnel.
[room #] Reconnect the HR/PR
Source HR/PR source at the patient
monitor.
Silence or suspend the
audible alarm tone.
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