Pausing Acoustic Alarm Signals (Audio Pause); Pausing Acoustic Alarm Signals; Pause); Quiet Mode - Dräger Infinity Acute Care System M540 Instructions For Use Manual

Pausing acoustic alarm signals (audio pause)

Active alarms can be paused, or silenced, at the
M540 for two minutes. In addition to pausing
alarms, the setting of the quiet mode feature deter-
mines how subsequent alarm conditions are an-
nounced.
You can initiate an audio pause in several ways:
– From an M540 in standalone mode or on wire-
less transport
– From an ICS
– From the remote view of another Infinity monitor
within the same monitoring unit
– From the Cockpit when the M540 is docked in
an IACS configuration
– From a remote device when remote control and
remote silence are activated at the remote de-
vice and the Cockpit (refer to the IACS Monitor-
ing Applications IFU)
– When first turning on the device.
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Quiet mode

This feature gives you the flexibility to decide if you
want restricted or full annunciation of future alarm
conditions after you have already paused alarms.
This feature affects the audio pause behavior of the
IACS and the ICS. When this mode is activated
(see page 241) , the number of acoustic alarms is
reduced to eliminate unnecessary noise while still
alerting the clinician to important alarm conditions.
Activated quiet mode
If a new alarm condition with a priority higher than
the currently paused alarm occurs, a truncated
alarm tone sounds. In addition, the alarm is repre-
sented by visual alarm signals corresponding to the
alarm priority. If the new alarm is of equal or lower
priority than the paused alarm, the new alarm con-
dition is only represented by a visual alarm signal.
No acoustic alarm tones sound.
If the patient is also admitted at the ICS, any high
priority alarm condition will sound at the ICS. For
any subsequent alarm condition of equal or lesser
priority, no further alarm tones sound.
Deactivated quiet mode
Any new alarm condition breaks through the audio
pause period with full acoustic and visual alarm an-
nunciation. The audio pause banner is no longer
displayed. The same is true if the patient is admit-
ted at the ICS.
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