Operator's Manual Part 2

8-4 ApexPro Telemetry System Revision D
2001989-134
Alarm Control: Alarm Structure
Colored Window Borders
Crisis and Warning alarms are indicated with a large border around the
individual patient’s bed window in the multiple patient viewer. This
border flashes on and off several times when the alarm occurs before
staying on. The color of the border indicates the severity of the alarm —
red for a Crisis alarm and yellow for a Warning alarm. When the alarm
is silenced, the colored border reverts to the black background.
NOTE
Only Crisis and Warning alarms activate the colored border.
Patients selected for single patient view have a white border in the
multiple patient viewer.
Automatic Alarm Graphs
A graph prints automatically when a patient experiences a Crisis or
Warning alarm. Arrhythmia alarm graphs run until the end of the alarm
event. The printer prints the 10 seconds of data that occurred
immediately before the event, and prints for the duration of the event.
The printer stops printing when the patient returns to a normal rhythm.
If a printer is not available at the time of the alarm event, a 20-second
graph is saved. This saved graph will print when a printer becomes
available.
System Status Alarms
System status alarms are triggered by mechanical or electrical problems
and are of lesser priority than patient status alarms. The levels within
the system status alarm category and how the CIC Pro responds to each
are shown in the following chart.
System Status Alarms Chart
System status alarms cannot, in most cases, be moved from one level to
another. However, the CIC Pro allows you to set default alarm levels for
the following system alarms: CHANGE BATTERY, OFF NETWORK,
ARR SUSPEND, LEADS FAIL, PROBE OFF.
The System Alarm Levels are configurable in Telemetry Alarm Control
Defaults.
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366B
Fog-horn Tone
 Warning sounds continuously
 Advisory sounds only once
White Text Displayed on Red
Background
Alarm Level: Monitor Response:
WARNING
ADVISORY
MESSAGE