Operator's Manual

7.7 Viewing and clearing alarms
Tempus Pro User/Operator Manual - 41-2001EN-00 – Page 143
When a patient alarm is silenced the visual indication will remain on screen until the condition has passed
i.e. the patient’s vital signs have returned to a level within the alarm thresholds.
The non-invasive blood pressure is a periodic measurement. For this reason, an NIBP alarm is cleared by
pressing the Alarm Silence or Alarm Suspend button. The alarm may then return when the next periodic
reading is taken.
7.7 Viewing and clearing alarms
A list of active patient and technical alarms can be viewed on a screen, from which technical alarms can be
selected to display more information and to clear them.
Note
Patient alarms cannot be cleared in this way.
To display the Alarm Status screen, press the touch screen in the alarm status area. The example screen
shown below shows two patients and five technical alarms including three already silenced and
acknowledged – see “7.6 Silencing or suspending alarms”.
Alarm Status Screen with multiple active alarms
Alarms are shown on the Alarm Status screen in the following priority order:
 Patient alarms are shown before technical alarms.
 Technical alarms are shown on a first in-first out basis.
Note
The following technical alarm conditions take priority over patient alarms: Battery Empty
(lasts for 10 seconds or so before automatic shutdown occurs) and Ambient Temperature
High or Low.
Press any technical alarm in the Status Screen to display a dialog which describes the nature of the
condition alarm state (as shown below).
Press on any
technical alarm
to display its
descri
ption
These are
patient alarms