Welch Allyn Acuity and Mobile Acuity LT Central Monitoring Systems - User Manual - Manual (Page 64)

60 Chapter 4 Adjust monitoring settings and patient information Welch Allyn Acuity Central Monitoring System
Adjust a patient’s arrhythmia alarm limits
To adjust a patient’s arrhythmia alarm limits
1. In the patient’s Virtual Monitor, click Setup, Arrhythmia Alarms.
2. Set alarm limits in one of these ways:
• In the Limit column, click the arrows next to the arrhythmia type to set alarm
limits for one arrhythmia type at a time.
• Click Alarms Set, Presets to set all arrhythmia limits to preset values.
For Presets values, see Table 35 on page 191.
3. If the patient has a pacemaker, see “To set additional arrhythmia analysis preferences
for a pacemaker patient” on page 62.
WARNING If you set the bradycardia alarm limit higher than the HR lower limit,
the Acuity System adjusts the HR lower limit to the new bradycardia limit. If you
set the tachycardia limit lower than the HR upper limit, the Acuity System sets
the HR upper limit to the new tachycardia limit. In either case, a message appears
in the upper border of the Arrhythmia Alarms Setup window telling you HR alarm
limits have changed.
WARNING Minimize patient movement during a RELEARN, as movement
creates noise during the reading. If the system learns an abnormal rhythm or
learns a rhythm during noise, it designates the learned rhythm as normal.
Thereafter, rhythms of this type might not trigger an alarm. Ensure that the
patient remains still for 5 minutes after the RELEARN before allowing them to
move.