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Chapter 4 Adjust monitoring settings and patient information
Open an Arrhythmia Alarms Setup window
In the Arrhythmia Alarms Setup window, you can adjust some or all these preferences for
a patient, depending on your Arrhythmia Analysis option:
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Turn off alarming for all arrhythmia types except the lethal arrhythmias (VFib, asystole
and VTach).
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Adjust alarm limits for one arrhythmia type at a time or set all arrhythmia limits to
Presets values.
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Adjust alarming preferences (alarming level priority, minimum duration that an
irregular rhythm arrhythmia must occur for alarming, and Print on Alarm).
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Set special preferences for patients with pacemakers.
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Initiate relearn of a patient's ECG rhythm for arrhythmia and ST-segment analyses.
To open an Arrhythmia Alarms Setup window
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In the patient's Virtual Monitor, click Setup, Arrhythmia Alarms.
The Arrhythmia Alarms Setup window appears.
If your window appears abbreviated, your system includes the Lethal Arrhythmia
Analysis option (lethal arrhythmia detection, only).
These open the Alarms, Printouts, Waveform Window,
WARNING Before you set customized alarm limits for a patient, confirm the
patient's ID and room number. Otherwise, customized limits might be lost.
Arrhythmia Alarms and ST Analysis Setup windows.
Welch Allyn Acuity Central Monitoring System
Undoes what has been done since the
window was opened, except relearn.
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