Operator's Manual

Monitoring with the TM80/TM70 at the CMS Arrhythmia Monitoring
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If both V-Tach PVCs and V-Tach Rate are greater than or equal to the limits, a V-Tach alarm
is generated.
■ If consecutive PVCs is lower than the V-Tach PVCs limit (6) but greater than 2, and
the Vent rate is greater or equal to the V-Tach Rate limit (130), a Nonsus V-Tach
alarm is generated.
■ If consecutive PVCs is greater than or equal to the V Brady PVCs limit (5), and the
Vent rate is lower than the V Brady limit (40), a Vent Brady alarm is generated.
■ If both the V Brady PVCs and V Brady Rate are lower than the limits, but V Brady
PVCs is greater than 2, a Run PVCs alarm is generated.
■ If the V Brady PVCs and V Brady Rate are greater than or equal to limits, but the
Vent rate is is lower than V-Tach Rate (130), a Vent Rhythm alarm is generated.
12.10.7 Configuring the Arrhythmia Shield Time
To set arrhythmia shield time, follow this procedure:
1. Select the system menu area in the upper left corner of the screen and
then select [System Setup] to access the [System Setup] menu.
2. Select the [Te le metry] tab.
3. Select the [Alarm] Tab.
4. Set [Arrhy Shield Time].When it is set to [0], it indicates that the alarm alarm
shield function is disabled.