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Chapter 4 Alarms and Alerts
Welch Allyn Vital Signs Monitor 300 Series
Responding to an Equipment Alert
Recoverable Temperature, NIBP, or SpO
2
Alert—Not Escalated
Most recoverable equipment alerts are not escalated to the level of patient alarms. When
an unescalated alert occurs, take the necessary steps to correct the equipment problem
and then resume patient monitoring.
For an unescalated equipment alert for Temperature, NIBP, or SpO
2
, the monitor does
the following:
•
Beeps once
•
Displays an error code (Cxx) in the relevant window—Temp, SYS, DIA, or SpO
2
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”
WARNING If a patient alarm and an equipment alert occur at the same time,
take care of the patient alarm first.
Note
For information about a battery alert, see
and