Product Manual

Alarms

The monitor presents physiological alarms and technical alarms. Physiological alarms

occur when vital sign measurements fall outside of set alarm limits, but they occur only

in the Continuous Monitoring and Intervals Monitoring profiles. Technical alarms occur

when there is a problem with the monitor, an accessory connected to the monitor, or the

network. Technical alarms occur in all profiles.

The monitor can communicate alarms to the following external systems:

• Nurse Call systems

• Welch Allyn software systems (Connex CS and Connex VM)

WARNING The monitor is the primary alarming source for the patient, and

any external system (such as a Nurse Call or Connex CS) is a backup alarm

source. The external system is only as reliable as its network and can be

relied on only as a backup alarming device.

WARNING When the monitor is not conected to a secondary alarm

system during continuous patient monitoring, check the monitor regularly

to receive patient data, alarms, and alerts.

Note USB is not intended for remote communication of continuous parameters

and continuous alarms. Ethernet and wireless are intended for

communication of vital signs parameters, patient data, and alarms

(including continuous and episodic parameters and alarms) to secondary

remote viewing and alarming systems.

Alarm types

Type

Priority Color Alarm audio tone

• NIBP, SpO2, SpHb, etCO2, respiration, pulse

rate, or IPI limit exceeded

• No breath detected

• Some technical alarms

High Red 10-pulse tone

• Temperature or FiCO2 limit exceeded

• Some technical alarms

Medium Amber 3-pulse tone

• Some technical alarms

Low Amber 2-pulse tone or 1-pulse tone at

30-second intervals