Patient Alarms; System Alarms; Failsafe Alarm; Appendix B - Critikon DlNAMAP PRO Series 100-400 Operation Manual

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SpO,) will flash
the most
recent reading and an audible alarm will be issued.
Pressing the Alarm Silence
switch (causing the integral
LED
to
be lit) silences the audible alarm for 2 minutes, but the
alarm display reading and SILENCE LED indicator will
continue to flash at the same rate.
System
Alarms
System alarms alert the operator to certain abnormal
conditions or internal system failures. Pressing
the rotor
cancels the alarm information box which is displayed on the
LCD. Codes for different procedural and system alarms are
on the next page.
Failsafe Alarm
The failsafe alarm, which is the most powerful alarm of the
PRO
Monitor, indicates a serious failure of the Monitor.
This alarm
occurs immediately upon any failure of a self-test
and indicates system failure. When the failsafe alarm occurs,
the Monitor disables all features to ensure patient safety.
Appendix B
Alarm Codes
All alarm indications are accompanied by an audible signal
unless Alarm Silence is selected.
A
microprocessor system failure will generate a high-pitched
audible alarm regardless of
the setting of the Alarm Silence
switch.
There are three categories of alarms: patient alarms, system
alarms, and failsafe alarm.
Patient Alarms
Patient alarms include those alarms issued when the
patient's systolic pressure, diastolic pressure, pulse rate, or
oxygen saturation is outside the set limits. Whenever one
of these conditions
occurs, the associated display
(SYSTOLIC, MAP, DIASTOLIC, PULSE, or