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Chapter 4 Alarms
4.1 Alarms Classification
The monitor has two types of alarm: patient alarm and technical alarm.
Patient alarms indicate that the vital signs are exceeding its configured limit. They can be
disabled. The adjustable alarm limits determine the conditions that trigger the alarm.
Technical alarms indicate that the monitor cannot measure and therefore cannot reliably detect
critical patient conditions. When a patient alarm is switched off, its related technical alarms will
be disabled as well.
According to the degree of severity, the alarms are divided into two levels: medium and low. A
medium level alarm is a serious warning, labeled with the symbol is **; a low level alarm is a
general warning.
The medium level alarms have higher priority than the low level alarms. If both types of alarms
are active at the same time, the monitor sounds an audible indicator for the medium level alarms.
The system sets all patient alarm levels, and these settings cannot be changed.
4.2 Audible Alarm
If the audible alarm is not disabled, the alarm indicator displays
the monitor gives out an alarm sound. (The sound range is 45dB ~ 85dB.)
Medium level alarm: a "Do" tone is repeated three times, and then pauses for 4 seconds.
Low level alarm: a "Do" tone is issued, and then pauses for 20 seconds.
Press the SILENCE key
and off. Settings can be changed to make this temporary or indefinite.
If the current audible alarm is temporarily disabled, the alarm indicator displays
remaining time on the right. When the time is out, or when other alarms present, the monitor
enables the audible alarm automatically.
If the current audible alarm is disabled, the alarm indicator displays
alarm is enabled again when the SILENCE key is pressed, or when other alarms present.
During the silence period, the alarm messages are displayed and the alarm indicator lights up as
usual. You can press the SILENCE key again to enable the audio alarm.
on the front panel and the audible alarm toggles between on
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Chapter 4: Alarms
When an alarm is active,
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