User's Manual Part 9

154 Welch Allyn Propaq LT Vital Signs Monitor
8 ParamSet
If ParamSet is enabled, the clinician can quickly and easily change the current alarm
limits for any vital sign. If you choose to enable ParamSet, you can then define the
percentage by which the alarm limit for each vital sign is changed.
To Adjust Alarm Limits Quickly with ParamSet:
When the ParamSet message appears, press twice.
Example:
The ParamSet value for the Upper HR/PR alarm limit is configured to be 15%.
Patient Jane’s Upper HR/PR alarm limit is set to 100. At the default alarm settings,
Jane triggers an Upper HR/PR alarm with a heart rate of 103. Her clinician,
knowing that a heart rate of 103 is acceptable for Jane, wants to quickly set a
higher Upper HR/PR alarm limit for this patient.
The monitor displays the message, “Press Select to ParamSet the upper HR/PR
limit to 118.” The clinician presses to get to the HR/PR control screen and
immediately presses again to accept the ParamSet adjustment. Jane’s alarm
limit for Upper HR/PR is immediately changed to 118, and the main vital-signs
screen is again displayed.
(103 + 15% of 103 = approximately 118)
ParamSet can be used multiple times for any alarm limit. Each time you press
ParamSet for a given vital sign, the alarm limit expands by the configured percentage.
However, the alarm limits can never be expanded beyond the limit boundaries built
into the monitor. (See the specifications for vital signs in Appendix A, starting with
“ECG” on page 163.)
This table shows the effect of ParamSet for various vital signs, based on a patient’s
normal levels for each vital sign. These values are based on the assumption that:
• the patient mode is Adult
• the monitor is initially using factory default alarm levels
Note
The ParamSet default values can be changed only by downloading another
monitor configuration.
When monitor power is cycled, the factory default alarm limits and ParamSet
default values are again in effect.