User's Guide

Section 2: AlarmView
TM
Transmitter Overview
Part #880-0325-01 Rev. A 9
Section 2: AlarmView™
Transmitter Overview
As with all medical equipment, carefully route patient cabling to
reduce the possibility of patient entanglement or strangulation.
Do not use an AlarmView transmitter, pager, or programmer that
appears to be damaged.
The AlarmView wireless data network system is a secondary
alarm notification system. The AlarmView System is intended to
supplement and not to replace any part of the hospital’s device
monitoring procedures (including procedures regarding bedside
pulse oximeters and responding to bedside oximeter alarms).
The delivery of pages cannot be guaranteed or verified. Do not
rely on the AlarmView System as the sole source of oximetry
alarms.
An AlarmView System must always consist of at least two
pagers, so that if one pager is temporarily not receiving pages
(for example, because the batteries are exhausted or the user is
out of range) and no one silences the alarm at the monitor, the
second pager will be notified via a reminder page.
To ensure accurate performance and prevent device failure, do
not subject the AlarmView System to extreme moisture, such as
direct exposure to rain. Such exposure may cause inaccurate
performance or device failure. The transmitter, transmitter
power supply, programmer and/or pager must be removed from
service if they ever become submerged in liquid.
The AlarmView transmitter interfaces with a pulse oximetry monitor.
Alarm settings and parameters are entered in the monitor – the transmit-
ter itself does not screen or select alarms.
When the pulse oximeter goes into alarm, the transmitter detects the