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3.1 General Alarm Behavior
The Panorama Central Station uses alarms to send notification when a patient’s physiological
status changes, a patient has a specific technical issue, or when there is a system violation.
When a patient is first admitted, the system alarm settings are in effect. Individual patient
alarm settings can be modified by using the Patient Alarms button. By default, alarm settings
send notification using the following methods:
• Visual indicators
• Audible indicators
The three alarm types used in this system include physiological, technical and system.
3.2 Physiological Alarms
Physiological alarms indicate a violation of a monitored patient's physiological alarm
thresholds or arrhythmia analysis settings. For additional information regarding alarm
thresholds and arrhythmia analysis settings, refer to ‘‘Alarms and Events’’ on page 14-1.
3.2.1 Alarm Behaviors
The visual and audio indicators associated with a physiological alarm are as follows:
Visual Indicators
Visual indicators provide visual notification when an alarm threshold is violated. When a
physiological alarm condition is triggered, the digital data portion of the patient tile flashes,
and a text message displays in the Patient Status line. The physiological alarm behavior
varies depending on the parameter, and on the alarm priority associated with the parameter.
This is discussed in further detail in the ‘‘Physiological Alarm Responses’’ on page 3-4.
Audio Indicators
Audio indicators provide audible notification when an alarm threshold is violated. Audio
alarms are triggered by the following:
• The onset of an alarm condition, provided the alarm delay is not active.
• A configured alarm delay, if alarm delay is active.
Audio alarm options are configured in the System Alarms (Alarm Options) tab. By
default, audio alarms are enabled.
Once the alarm condition is resolved and/or acknowledged, the audible alarm stops, unless
the alarm is latched. For additional information regarding alarm limits, refer to ‘‘Alarm Limit
Settings’’ on page 14-2. For additional information regarding alarm latching, refer to
‘‘Latching’’ on page 3-3.
3.2.2 Alarm Options
The alarm options associated with a parameter dictate how the system responds when an
alarm occurs.