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Instructions for Use
7 Physiological Alarms
7.1 Alarming Profiles
WARNING: The operator should ensure that the alarming profile selected is appropriate
WARNING: For patients being monitored within the same care area, different alarming
profiles can be configured per patient provided that the alarming profile set for the
Physiological alarms can be configured to alert healthcare practitioners to particular deviations in
the patient's vital signs.
Alarming profiles are set at a local institution level, but can be refined on an individual patient basis
during the admission process.
An alarming profile contains multiple rules that can trigger an alarm. Each rule comprises one or
more vital signs, an aggregation method (such as average), a comparator (such as greater than), a
value and a time window. This allows alarms to be triggered based on rules such as if pulse rate is on
average > 80 for 1 hour.
Multiple rules can be combined using AND or OR methods. The AND method requires all rules in the
ruleset to have matched before the alarm is generated. The OR method allows for any of the rules in
the ruleset to match before generating the alarm.
Rulesets also have a priority attached to them. These priorities are:
Low
Medium
High
When an alarm is generated, the priority level of the ruleset will be applied to the patient. If multiple
alarms are active simultaneously, the highest priority level will be applied to the patient.
The table below indicates factors for consideration when setting the priority of alarms:
for the patient.
patient is appropriate.
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