Consider The Following; Situations Resulting In An Alarm; Intended Target Group; Prerequisites - Wespot SecNurse User Manual

5. Consider the following

Situations resulting in an alarm

The sensor detects when the patient leaves the bed. If the patient has not returned to the
bed before the timer has elapsed, an alarm will be sent to the care personnel via the inter-
nal alarm system. The shortest time is 0 min, which means that an alarm is sent instantly.

Intended target group

The product is intended for patients who run a risk of injury when they are alone. The
sensor has two sensitivities, either it sends an alarm when the patient has left the bed or
when the patient sits on the bed edge.
Prerequisities
- Correct installation
In order to detect when the patient leaves the bed, the sensor has to be correctly installed,
i.e. placed at correct height, horizontally mounted, connected to the alarm system, the
bed zone configured and the timer set correctly.
- The sensor should only be activated when the patient is alone in the room
The sensor sends an alarm when a person is detected beside the bed. It is therefore impor-
tant that the sensor is deactivated as soon as the caregiver enters the room, in order not
to get unnecessary alarms.
- Correct timer and sensitivity settings
The sensor has two detection sensitivities, either an alarm is sent when the patient leaves
the bed or as soon as the patient sits on the bed edge. The first sensitivity has five differ-
ent timer settings, 20 min, 10 min, 5 min, 3 min and 0 min. The timer is started when the
patient is detected beside the bed and if the patient has not returned to the bed before
the timer has elapsed an alarm will be sent. The second sensitivity sends an alarm as soon
as the patient is detected on the bed edge, i.e. 0 min.
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