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Radical-7 Chapter 6: Alarms and Messages
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it also serves as absolute low alarm limit protection. SpO
2
values
exceeding the Rapid Desat low alarm limit, whether rapid or not, will
activate an audible alarm. The user can change the Rapid Desat default
setting from 5% to 10%. ATA does not allow a Rapid Desat default
setting of 0%.
When ATA is turned
Off
, the device uses the standard alarm limits and
standard alarm delays.
About Alarms
on page 153.
Alarms for SpO2
on page 91.
3D Alarms
3D Alarms include the Desat Index Alarm and the PI Delta Alarm.
Desat Index Alarm Overview
on page 157.
Perfusion Index (PI) Delta Alarm Overview
on page 159.
Desat Index Alarm Overview
The 3D Desat Index Alarm is a user-selectable feature which allows a
clinician to request an audible and visual alarm if a patient experiences a
specified number of desaturations over a specific period of time.
Traditional high and low SpO
2
alarm limits alert clinicians to saturation
levels that exceed user selected thresholds, and these thresholds are