Alarms
124 Instructions for use – Infinity Acute Care System – Monitoring Applications VG6.n
To pause alarm monitoring temporarily
1 Select the symbol next to the Alarms... but-
ton on the main menu bar of the Cockpit.
2 Select the All alarms paused button.
As soon as the alarm pause period ends, the
Cockpit generates acoustic and optical alarm
signals as needed.
To activate alarm monitoring after pausing
1 Select the symbol next to the Alarms... but-
ton on the main menu bar of the Cockpit.
2 Select the All alarms paused button again.
Activating or deactivating alarm monitoring
If the password-protected alarm pause feature is
set to No timeout (see page 459), the following
happens when you deactivate alarm monitoring:
– All acoustic and optical alarm signals for new
alarm conditions are suppressed for all
parameters until alarm monitoring is manually
activated again.
– Acoustic alarm signals for any active alarm
condition stop immediately.
– The alarming parameter field and alarm bar
return to the pre-alarm state.
– Alarm messages are removed from the alarm
message field of the header bar.
– The far right field of the header bar turns yellow
and displays the message All alarms off %0
and the following symbol: .
– The message All alarms off is recorded in the
alarm history (see page 140).
NOTE
If configured to appear on the main menu bar, the
All alarms paused button is also accessible on
the main menu bar. For more information, see
page 452.
NOTE
If configured to appear on the main menu bar, the
All alarms paused button is also accessible on
the main menu bar. For more information, see
page 452.
WARNING
If No timeout is assigned to the alarm off
period, no counter appears and alarms remain
deactivated until you enable them again.
WARNING
Never leave a patient unattended when alarm
monitoring is permanently deactivated.
Always activate alarm monitoring again as
soon as possible.
NOTE
If the Cockpit is connected to the network, a
message also appears at the ICS that all alarms
are turned off.