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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 default system alarm settings are in effect. Individual
patient alarm settings can be modified by using the Patient Alarms button at the central
station or the WorkStation.
WARNING: Changing the patient alarm limits at the WorkStation will
automatically change the patient alarm limits at the
Panorama Central Station AND the bedside monitor (if
applicable) for the selected patient tile.
By default, alarm settings send notification using:
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 13-1.
3.2.1 Alarm Behaviors
The visual and audio indicators associated with a physiological alarm are:
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
(if the alarm priority is set to 1 or 2), 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
indicators may vary depending on the alarm severity, alarm type, system setup and
configuration.Audio alarms are triggered by:
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 (System Alarm Options) tab. By
default, audio alarms are enabled.
NOTE: Audio alarms will be triggered at the ViewStation and the
WorkStation when there is an alarm occurring at the host
central station.