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User Manual Part 6

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Alarms
ALARM PAUSE displays in the patient’s waveform window on the CIC Pro
center screen.
After five minutes, the LED on the transmitter will no longer flash and alarms will be
reactivated.
Reactivating alarms at the transmitter
To reactivate the alarms before the five minute time period has elapsed, press both
transmitter buttons simultaneously again.
Alarm pause breakthrough
NOTE
For more information on the Alarm Pause Breakthrough feature in Combo
mode, refer to Combo and Rover Combo monitoring on page 6-19.
NOTE
The Alarm Pause Breakthrough feature defaults to Always On. It can be set to
Always Off in the Telemetry Unit Defaults tab sheet BEFORE admitting a
telemetry patient if you do not wish to have Crisis level alarms break through
alarm pauses.
This feature cannot be set on an individual patient basis. It is either on or off for
all telemetry patients admitted to the CIC Pro center. A status message on each
patient’s Alarm Control tab sheet indicates whether it is enabled (on) or disabled
(off).
The Alarm Pause Breakthrough feature allows any Crisis level alarm to break
through (interrupt) an alarm pause and sound at the CIC Pro center.
In other words, when this feature is turned on in the Telemetry Unit Defaults tab
sheet, Crisis level alarms will sound at the CIC Pro center, even if an alarm pause is in
effect.
The chart below illustrates the function of the Alarm Pause Breakthrough feature
during the various alarm states.
After a Crisis level alarm has broken through an alarm pause, the telemetry system
does not return to an alarm pause state. All alarms at any alarm level will sound at the
CIC Pro center.
Alarm Pause State Alarm Pause Breakthrough Feature Enabled
Alarms on No Alarm Pause Breakthrough; all alarms are on.
Alarms off No Alarm Pause Breakthrough; all alarms are off.
Alarm off reason (X-ray,
shower, etc.)
Alarms are paused; Crisis level alarms will break through
the alarm off reason if the patient is in antenna range.
Alarms paused from the
transmitter
Alarms are paused; Crisis level alarms will break through
the alarm pause.
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