Reactivating Alarms At The Transmitter; Alarm Pause Breakthrough - GE ApexPro Operator's Manual

Alarms

Reactivating alarms at the transmitter

Alarm pause breakthrough

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After five minutes, the LED on the transmitter will no longer flash and alarms will be
reactivated.
To reactivate the alarms before the five minute time period has elapsed, press both
transmitter buttons simultaneously again.
NOTE
For more information on the Alarm Pause Breakthrough feature in Combo
mode, refer to Combo and Rover Combo monitoring on page
NOTE
The Alarm Pause Breakthrough feature defaults to Always On. It can be set to
Always Off in the Telemetry Unit Defaults tab (in service mode only) sheet
BEFORE admitting a telemetry patient if you do not wish to have Crisis level
alarms break through alarm pauses.
This feature cannot be set on an individual patient basis. It is either on or off for
all telemetry patients admitted to the CIC Pro center. A status message on each
patient's Alarm Control tab sheet indicates whether it is enabled (on) or disabled
(off).
The Alarm Pause Breakthrough feature allows any Crisis level alarm to break
through (interrupt) an alarm pause and sound at the CIC Pro center.
In other words, when this feature is turned on in the Telemetry Unit Defaults tab
sheet, Crisis level alarms will sound at the CIC Pro center, even if an alarm pause is in
effect.
The chart below illustrates the function of the Alarm Pause Breakthrough feature
during the various alarm states.
Alarm Pause State
Alarms on
Alarms off
Alarm off reason (X-ray,
shower, etc.)
Alarms paused from the
transmitter
After a Crisis level alarm has broken through an alarm pause, the telemetry system
does not return to an alarm pause state. All alarms at any alarm level will sound at the
CIC Pro center.
If you wish to continue pausing alarms after an Alarm Pause Breakthrough occurs,
you must re-initiate the alarm pause:
ApexPro™
Alarm Pause Breakthrough Feature Enabled
No Alarm Pause Breakthrough; all alarms are on.
No Alarm Pause Breakthrough; all alarms are off.
Alarms are paused; Crisis level alarms will break through
the alarm off reason if the patient is in antenna range.
Alarms are paused; Crisis level alarms will break through
the alarm pause.
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