GE CARESCAPE ONE User Manual

Alarms
4.UsethearrowstoselectanAlarmLight%value.
Thegreaterthevalue,thebrighterthelight.
Audiblealarmindications
Audiblealarmsignals
Whenmorethanonealarmoccursatthesametime,themonitorwillsoundan
alarmtoneforthehighestpriorityalarm.Anylowerpriorityaudiblealarmtonesare
suppressedbythehigherpriorityalarmtone.
Alarmtones
Thealarmtonesmaybeconguredtosoundinoneoftwodifferenttonepatterns:
LegacyorIEC.IECtonesare60601-1-8compliant.Legacyalarmtonesmatchthe
tonesusedonsomepreviousGEmonitoringdevices.
Formoreinformation,seethesupplementalinformationprovided.
Adjustingthealarmvolume
TheselectionsintheAlarmsSetupmenuvaryaccordingtowhathasbeencongured
intheCareUnitSettings>Alarms(passwordprotected).
1.SelectAlarmsSetupfromthemainmenu.
2.SelecttheAudible&Visualtab.
3.SelecttheVolume&Lighttab.
●AdjusttheAlarmVolumevalue.Thisisthevolumeforallalarms.
●AdjusttheAlarmVolumefor:separatelyforHigh&MediumPriorityandLow
Priority.
Thelowerthenumber,thequieterthealarmvolume.Notethattheminimumallowed
alarmvolumelevelsaresetintheCareUnitSettings.
Audiblealarmsignalsandprioritylevels
Alarmsignalsindicatethatanalarmconditionispresent.Thealarmprioritylevelsare
alsoindicated.Thealarmsignalsassumethatthepatientmonitorandtheoperator
arewithinthepatientenvironment(1meter/3.3feet).
Thefollowingtablelistsalarmsignalsfordifferentalarmprioritylevels:
Prioritylevel
Audiblesignals
HighMedium
Low
Informational
Audibletonepattern
1
(IEC
60601-1-8)
Repeatsapatternof
5-beeptonesplayed
twotimes
Repeatspatternof
3-beeptones
1-beeptoneonce
orrepeatedly
at25±0.5
secondinterval
(user-selectable)
None
Audibletonepattern
(legacy)
Repeatspatternof
3-beeptones(crisis)
Repeatspattern
of2-beeptones
(warning)
1-beeptone
(advisory)once
orrepeatedly
at5.5±0.5
None
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CARESCAPE ONE User Manual DRAFT 26 October 2017

GE CARESCAPE ONE Specifications

General

Brand	GE
Model	CARESCAPE ONE
Category	Medical Equipment
Language	English