Operator's Manual Part 2

Revision D ApexPro Telemetry System A-3
2001989-134
Message Glossary: Message Glossary
Message Glossary
Alarm Messages
The following messages appear in the patient’s bed window at the
Clinical Information Center.
ALARM PAUSE All alarms for this patient have been turned off
for five minutes. This is initiated from the
transmitter. Refer to ALL ALARMS OFF.
ALL ALARMS OFF All alarms for this patient have been turned off.
No graph strips run, arrhythmia events are not
stored, and no audible tones sound if an alarm
condition should occur.
NOTE
Refer to the Arrhythmia section in
Chapter 11, ECG Monitoring.
ARR OFF The arrhythmia program for a selected patient
has been turned off. No arrhythmia messages
are displayed, no graph strips run, and no
audible tones sound if an arrhythmia alarm
condition occurs.
ARTIFACT
ARR SUSPEND
All artifact begins at level 1. Sustained artifact
progresses to level 2 when noise on ECG lasts
for 20 of the last 30 seconds.
 Level 1—Upon immediate detection of
artifact, the message ARTIFACT is
displayed. There is no alarm tone.
 Level 2—Arrhythmia monitoring is
suspended in this condition. Heart rate and
PVC values change to X, an additional
message, ARR SUSPEND, is displayed.
LEADS FAIL All leads have failed. If set to Warning or
Advisory level, a system alarm is heard. This
will self-silence if condition is corrected, or the
user can silence for one minute with the Silence
Alarms button at the bottom of the CIC Pro
display.