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5 A
M
LARMS AND
Alarm Grades
The monitor annunciates both audible and visual alarms to alert you to significant
changes in the patient's condition and to malfunctions of the equipment that may
affect the accuracy of measurements.
All alarms fall under one of three alarm grades:
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Life-threatening.
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Serious.
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Advisory.
If the monitor detects more than one alarm at a time, it annunciates the alarm with the
highest priority.
Life-Threatening Alarms
A life-threatening alarm has the highest priority. The monitor triggers life-threatening
alarms for asystole, ventricular fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, and
bradycardia (bradycardia in neonatal mode only).
A life-threatening alarm has the following characteristics:
The HR parameter box blinks and appears red.
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The monitor emits a continuous warble tone.
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The monitor displays the alarm cause in both the parameter box and the
message area.
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The alarm continues until you press the
Alarms OFF
Alarm Settings, below).
WA R N I N G : I f t h e m o n i t o r d i s p l a y s t h e b a n n e r H R , A S Y, V F
O ff , t h e r e i s n o a l a r m a n n u n c i a t i o n f o r a s y s t o l e a n d
v e n t r i c u l a r f i b r i l l a t i o n .
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ESSAGES
fixed key, or turn that parameter's alarm off (see the section
Infinity Vista
fixed key, the
Alarm Silence
All
VF6
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