Instructions for use – Infinity Acute Care System – Monitoring Applications VG6.n 109
Alarms
Alarm priorities
Every alarm condition is assigned to one of three
priorities: high (life-threatening), medium (serious),
or low (advisory) optical and acoustic alarm signals
indicate the level of the alarm priority. For more
information on how alarm priorities affect alarm
reporting, see "Optical alarm signals" on page 112
and "Acoustic alarm signals" on page 114.
High-priority alarm conditions
All high-priority alarms are physiological alarm
conditions that can be life-threatening and require
immediate intervention.
An example of a high-priority alarm condition is an
asystole.
Medium-priority alarm conditions
Most medium-priority alarms report physiological or
technical alarm conditions that require prompt
attention but may not be life-threatening.
An example of a medium-priority physiological
alarm condition is a respiratory rate limit violation.
An example of a medium-priority technical alarm
condition is a hardware failure of a pressure
transducer.
Low-priority alarm conditions
All low-priority alarms alert you to technical issues
that may compromise the ability of the system to
monitor the patient.
An example of a low-priority alarm condition is an
artifact on the ECG waveform.
Alarm processing
When you dock an M540 on the M500 (see
page 93), all optical and acoustic alarm signals are
transferred to the Cockpit automatically. Acoustic
alarm signals only sound at the Cockpit not at the
M540 by default. If you also want alarms to sound
at the M540 when it is docked, select the alarm
volume at the M540 manually (refer to the
instructions for use Infinity Acute Care System –
Infinity M540).
The Cockpit provides acoustic and optical alarm
signals for parameters originating from monitors in
its alarm group (see page 145). In addition, the
Cockpit reports technical alarms affecting the
Infinity network.
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When you undock the M540 from the M500 (see
page 93), all alarm monitoring stops at the Cockpit
but continues on the M540.
NOTE
Alarm monitoring is not available for the following
parameters: cardiac output (C.O.), injectate
temperature (Tinj), pulmonary wedge pressure
(PWP), paced beats (%PACED), perfusion index
(PI) and SpOC for the Masimo rainbow SET
MCable, any parameter displayed on the Cockpit
using the device connectivity option.
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