Recoverable spo, Alert—escalated, Recoverable nibp alert—escalated – Welch Allyn 300 Series Vital Signs Monitor - User Manual User Manual
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Chapter 4 Alarms and alerts
Welch Allyn Vital Signs Monitor 300 Series
Recoverable SpO
2
alert—escalated
An SpO
2
equipment alert is always escalated immediately to the level of a patient alarm if
it occurs when both of the following conditions exist:
•
SpO
2
monitoring has begun and the monitor has recorded an SpO2
measurement
•
An SpO
2
or Pulse Rate alarm limit has been set
See
“Responding to a patient alarm”
Recoverable NIBP alert—escalated
An NIBP equipment alert is escalated to the level of a patient alarm whenever both of the
following conditions exist:
•
Two consecutive NIBP equipment alerts occur while the monitor is taking
automatic NIBP/PR measurements
•
Alarms are enabled
See
“Responding to a patient alarm”
Nonrecoverable alerts
When the monitor detects a nonrecoverable equipment problem, it does the following:
•
Displays an error code in the SYS window, and shuts off the display to all
other windows
•
Stops patient monitoring
•
Stops the pump and opens the air valve
•
Activates the Nurse Call relay (if connected)
•
Produces an audible tone
•
Shuts down as soon as
is pressed or one minute has elapsed
Response
For both recoverable and nonrecoverable equipment alerts, respond as follows:
1.
Press
to immediately silence the alert tone.
2.
Determine what caused the alert and correct the problem.
Note
For information about a battery alert, see
on page 65 and