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Alarms and alerts

Welch Allyn Propaq LT Vital Signs Monitor

A countdown timer appears below the line to indicate the time remaining in the
suspension period.

‘Audio alarms suspended’ appears in yellow in the upper left corner of the screen.

When the suspension period elapses, the alarm tone is again enabled.

Changing alarm limits

At the monitor

Typically, each institution determines the appropriate alarm limits for adult, pediatric, and
neonatal patients and then configures the monitor with those alarm limits before putting
the monitor into service. These become the default alarm limits for the monitor—the
alarm limits used each time the monitor is powered on.

The configured alarm limits remain in effect until the monitor configuration is changed.
However, you can temporarily change the current patient’s alarm limits.

To temporarily change alarm limits for the current patient

1.

Highlight the vital sign for which you want to set custom limits.

2.

Press

.

3.

Highlight the limit you want to change.

4.

Set a new alarm limit.

Figure 90. Changing alarm limits for the current patient

5.

Repeat from

step 3

for other alarm limits you want to change for the same vital sign.

6.

Press

.

When the monitor is turned off, you will have a choice of saving the current settings and
stored patient data or deleting the current settings and patient data. Neither choice affects
the default settings for the monitor.

At Acuity

For a wireless monitor, patient alarm limits can also be customized from Acuity. (See the
user manual supplied with any Acuity Central Monitoring Station.)

II 1mV/cm

II 1mV/cm

1

1 2

2 3

3 5

5 10

10

15

15

30

30 60

60

Exit

Exit

Trends

Trends

Snapshots

Snapshots

Setup

Setup

Auto

Auto

Manual

Manual

Turbo

Turbo

HR/min

HR/min

NIBP mmHg

NIBP mmHg

Resp/min

Resp/min

SpO2

SpO2

Off

Off

Off

Off

On

On

On

On

220

220

Lower Sys Limit

Lower Sys Limit
NIBP Mode

NIBP Mode
Auto Interval (min)

Auto Interval (min)

Upper Sys Alarm

Upper Sys Alarm
Upper Sys Limit

Upper Sys Limit
Lower Sys Alarm

Lower Sys Alarm

NIBP Manometer

NIBP Manometer

Systolic

Systolic

Diastolic

Diastolic

Mean

Mean

75

75

%

%

STEWART, ANN

STEWART, ANN

7762940

7762940

3:00:06P

3:00:06P

Adult

Adult

Rm 263

Rm 263

125

125

140/78

140/78

31

31

88

88

(102)

(102)

II 1mV/cm

II 1mV/cm

1

1 2

2 3

3 5

5 10

10

15

15

30

30 60

60

Exit

Exit

Trends

Trends

Snapshots

Snapshots

Setup

Setup

Auto

Auto

Manual

Manual

Turbo

Turbo

HR/min

HR/min

NIBP mmHg

NIBP mmHg

Resp/min

Resp/min

SpO2

SpO2

Off

Off

Off

Off

On

On

On

On

210

210

Lower Sys Limit

Lower Sys Limit
NIBP Mode

NIBP Mode
Auto Interval (min)

Auto Interval (min)

Upper Sys Alarm

Upper Sys Alarm
Upper Sys Limit

Upper Sys Limit
Lower Sys Alarm

Lower Sys Alarm

NIBP Manometer

NIBP Manometer

Systolic

Systolic

Diastolic

Diastolic

Mean

Mean

65

65

%

%

STEWART, ANN

STEWART, ANN

7762940

7762940

3:00:06P

3:00:06P

Adult

Adult

Rm 263

Rm 263

(102)

(102)

125

125

140/78

140/78

31

31

88

88