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25.3.9 Changing Other Alarm Settings
25.3.9.1 Setting the Lethal Arrhythmia Alarms Switch
To allow a clinician to disable the lethal arrhythmia alarms, follow this procedure:
1. Select the
Main Menu quick key from the System column select Maintenance input the required
password
select .
2. Select the
Alarm tab select the Other tab.
3. From the
Other block, set Lethal Arrh Alarms Off as follows.
Lethal Arrh Alarms Off is set to Disable by default. In this case, a clinician cannot switch off lethal
arrhythmia alarms.
If you set Lethal Arrh Alarms Off to enable, a clinician can switch off lethal arrhythmia alarms from
the
ECG dialog. For more information, see 8.6.4.1Changing Arrhythmia Alarm Settings.
WARNING
If any of lethal arrhythmia alarms are switched off, the ECG waveform area displays a message to
indicate that corresponding alarms are off.
If a clinician switches off all arrhythmia alarms, the monitor will not present arrhythmia alarms.
Always keep the patient under close surveillance.
25.3.9.2 Setting the Intubation Time
The default intubation time is 2 minutes. To change the intubation time, following this procedure:
1. Select the
Main Menu quick key from the System column select Maintenance input the required
password
select .
2. Select the
Alarm tab Other tab.
3. Set the
Intubation Mode Period.
25.3.9.3 Enabling Automatic Recordings on an Alarm
Print on Alarm is set to Printer by default. To enable automatic recording via recorder when a parameter alarm
is triggered, set
Print on Alarm to Recorder. To do so, follow this procedure:
1. Select the
Main Menu quick key from the System column select Maintenance input the required
password
select .
2. Select the
Alarm tab select Other.
3. Set
Print on Alarm to Recorder.
25.3.9.4 Setting Arrhythmia Alarm Timeout Period
The arrhythmia algorithm can disable alarm light and alarm tone for designated period of time when certain
arrhythmia alarms are detected.
To set the arrhythmia alarm timeout period, follow this procedure:
1. Select the
Main Menu quick key from the System column select Maintenance input the required
password
select .
2. Select the
Alarm tab select the Other tab.
3. From the
Other block, set Arrhy Shield Time.
NOTE
For the following alarms, alarm light and alarm tone cannot be disabled: HR high, HR low,
Tachycardia, Bradycardia, Afib End, Irr Rhythm End.