Latching Alarms - Philips IntelliVue X2 Instructions For Use Manual

4 Alarms
No entries are made in the Review Alarms window of the X2 while it is connected to a host
monitor, except the time when the X2 was connected to the host (Companion Entered), and
when it was disconnected (Companion Left). Alarms can be reviewed on the host monitor.
When you select an item from the list, you can get additional information about that item. If you select
a high or low limit alarm in the list, the Graphical Trends window will open to provide further
data. If you select an alert other than a high or low alarm, a help text window opens with more
information. Some items in the list are simply log items not related to a patient alert as such (for
example, Alarms On or Alarms Off). You cannot see any further information if you select one of these
items. When you close these windows you will return to the Review Alarms window.
The information in the Review Alarms window is deleted when a patient is discharged, and when you
leave Demonstration Mode.
The Review Alarms window pop-up keys appear when the window is opened. If alarm pause
extension is disabled, the pause pop-up keys are inactive.

Latching Alarms

The alarm latching setting for your monitor defines how the alarm indicators behave when you do not
acknowledge them. When alarms are set to non-latching, their indicators end when the alarm
condition ends. Switching alarm latching on means that visual and/or audible alarm indications are still
displayed or announced by the monitor after the alarm condition ends. The indication lasts until you
acknowledge the alarm.
Viewing the Alarm Latching Settings
To see the alarm latching setting for your monitor
1 In the monitor's Main Setup menu, select Alarms.
Select Alarm Settings, and see the Visual Latching and Audible Latching
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settings.
This setting can only be changed in Configuration Mode. You should be aware of the settings chosen
for your unit. There are three possible choices each for visual and audible latching, Red, Red and
Yellow, and Off. These choices can be combined to give the following settings:
Visual Latching
Audible latching
R = red alarms, Y = yellow alarms
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Alarm Pause Al.
Limits 5 Min.
R&Y R&Y
R&Y R
Pause Al.
10 Min.
R&Y R R
Off R Off
Latching Alarms
Off
Off