Product Manual

Type Priority Color Alarm audio tone

• Technical alarms that don't impact patient

safety

• Some calibration information messages

Very low Cyan 2-pulse tone or 1-pulse tone at

5-minute intervals

Alarm notification locations on the monitor

WARNING Whenever possible, do not rely on visual alarm notifications

alone while monitoring patients. If you must rely on visual alarm

notifications, maintain a clear line of sight with the monitor. For audio alarm

notifications, set the volume as needed considering the environment and

ambient noise levels. Verify that the alarm is audible to a clinician working

at the maximum distance from the monitor.

LED light bar

The light bar on the handle of the monitor illuminates as follows:

• Flashing red for high-priority alarms

• Flashing amber for medium-priority alarms

• Constant amber for low-priority and very low-priority alarms

The light bar darkens when the alarm tone is reset.

Home tab

Home tab notifications

Notification Description

Device Status area The area changes color and displays a message with an accompanying status icon or

button. If the alarm tone is in a pause interval, a timer countdown appears.

If multiple alarms are active, the device provides options to manually toggle or autoscroll

through the alarms. You can cycle through each alarm message in sequence of priority by

touching the multiple alarm toggle. Alternatively, the autoscroll option displays each

alarm message in sequence of priority for approximately 4 seconds, and then loops back

70 Alarms Welch Allyn Connex

Vital Signs Monitor 6000 Series™