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Adjust vital sign alarm limits
You can adjust vital sign alarm limits or turn off alarm limit checking for individual
parameters.
WARNING Alarm limits are user adjustable. All alarm limit settings should
take into account the patient's condition and acute care needs. Appropriate
alarm limits should be set accordingly for each patient.
CAUTION Loss of power will cause the monitor to return to default
settings. Each time you power up the monitor, you must set alarm limits
appropriate for your patient.
1. On the Home tab, touch the alarm limits control in the selected parameter frame. For
example, to adjust the NIBP alarm limits, touch .
2. Adjust vital sign alarm limits.
• To adjust a limit: Touch ▲ or ▼ or touch the keypad to set the desired upper and
lower alarm limits.
• To turn alarm limits off or on for the vital sign: Touch or . This
button toggles to display the current alarm state.
If you turn off alarm limit checking for a vital sign, no visual or audio alarm signals
will occur for those limits. If alarm limit checking is off, the icon changes to
on the Home tab in the parameter frame.
Modify audio alarm notification
You can modify the volume of all audio alarms.
Note If the Allow user to turn off general audio option has been selected in
Advanced settings, you can turn off audio alarms, but turning off alarms is
not recommended in some circumstances, such as unattended monitoring.
WARNING The alarm volume should be loud enough for you to hear it
from where you are. Set the volume considering the environment and
ambient noise levels.
As you set parameters on the Alarms tab, measurements appear across the top of the
tab.
1.
Touch the Alarms tab.
2. On the General tab, modify audio alarm notifications.
• To display alarm limits, in the Limits panel, select the Display alarm limits
checkbox.
• To turn audio alarms on or off, select the Alarm audio on or Alarm audio off
button.
Directions for use Alarms 51