Setting An Arterial Invasive Pressure Disconnection Alarm; Setting Invasive Pressure Alarm Limits; Invasive Pressures Alarm Priorities - GE CARESCAPE ONE User Manual

CARESCAPE ONE User Manual DRAFT 26 October 2017
Invasive pressures
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1. Select the invasive pressure parameter window.
2. Select the Advanced tab.
3. Select IABP On.
IABP now displays in the invasive pressure channel parameter window.
Setting an arterial invasive pressure
disconnection alarm
The catheter disconnection alarm activates if the mean Art, Fem, or UAC pressure
falls below 10 mmHg (1.33 kPa). The catheter disconnection alarm for each arterial
pressure (Art, Fem, UAC) is enabled by default. If the Alarm Off Allowed option is
enabled in Care Unit Settings, you can enable or disable the alarm for each arterial
pressure. Care Unit Settings are password protected. Refer to the supplemental
information provided for more information.
1. Select the invasive pressure parameter window.
2. Select the Advanced tab.
3. Select Catheter Disconnect.

Setting invasive pressure alarm limits

1. Select the invasive pressure parameter window.
2. Select the Alarms tab.
3. Select the tab for the desired alarms setting:
[Channel label] [Channel number] Alarms (e.g., Art 2 Alarms): Settings for the
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selected invasive pressure channel.
HR Alarms: Settings when the heart rate alarms are from a single source.
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PR([Channel label] [Channel number]) Alarms (e.g., PR(Art) 2 Alarms): Settings
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when the heart rate alarms are calculated from multiple sources.
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4. Set the alarm limits.

Invasive pressures alarm priorities

You can select priorities for the Art high/low, Fem high/low, FemV high/low, CVP
high/low, PA high/low, RAP high/low, RVP high/low, LAP high/low, ICP high/low,
CPP high/low, UAC high/low, UVC high/low, and P1 high/low to P2 high/low alarms
through Alarms Setup > Alarm Priorities > Invasive Pressures. The choices are
Escalating, High, Medium, and Low.
Escalating and Low priorities are only available if they have been allowed in Care Unit
Settings. Care Unit Settings are password protected. When an invasive pressure
alarm priority has been set to Escalating or Low, a warning text appears in the
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Art and Fem invasive pressure channels only. Not available in
the NICU software package.
If a feature is not active, the alarm limits are greyed out.
You can set them on by selecting Alarm On.
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