Welch Allyn Acuity Directions For Use Manual page 63

Directions for use
Turn off alarming for all arrhythmia types except lethal arrhythmias
To turn off alarming for all arrhythmia types except lethal arrhythmias (VFib,
asystole and VTach)
1. In the patient's Virtual Monitor, click Setup, Arrhythmia Alarms.
If your window appears abbreviated, your system detects lethal arrhythmias only.
Alarming for lethal arrhythmia types cannot be turned off.
2. Click Alarms Set, Arrhythmia Off.
In the patient's review windows, arrhythmia event markers appear as
lethal arrhythmia events still appear as
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.
Chapter 4 Adjust monitoring settings and patient information
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