Menu Options And Defaults - Covidien Nellcor Series Operator's Manual Addendum

cant changes in respiration rate over time may indicate that patient status is
deteriorating and additional assessment is warranted. Reference the Reference
Theory of
Rate parameter works. Reference
for information on related alarm limits.
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Note:
Respiration Rate values are calculated every five seconds. Users should be aware that
the reported respiration rate represents an average over a period of time and does not
necessarily represent the instantaneous respiration rate. Low and high respiration rate
alarms are triggered immediately when the reported rate falls outside the alarm limits
and no further alarm delay is applied.

Menu Options and Defaults

1.4.6
Menu options and default settings remain the same as those listed in the Oper-
ator's Manual. The respiration rate alarm limit thresholds are fixed; they are not
user-selectable.
In addition to the new respiration rate field on all monitoring screens, trend
information also includes respiration rate data.
The MONITORING HISTORY trend data also includes respiration rate historical
1.
trends below the SpO
Operator's Manual Addendum
Operations, p. ADD-24,for the theory behind how the Respiration
and pulse rate historical trends.
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Figure 1-10. MONITORING HISTORY Screen
Monitoring System Constraints, p. ADD-19,
Operation
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