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Chapter 4 Adjust monitoring settings and patient information
Welch Allyn Acuity Central Monitoring System
Set alarm preferences for ST Analysis
To set ST analysis alarm preferences
1.
In the patient’s Virtual Monitor, click Setup, ST Analysis.
The ST Analysis Setup window appears.
2.
Set alarm limits in one of these ways:
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In the Alarm Limits area, click the arrows to set the lower and upper limits for
deviation from the reference beat.
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Click Presets to select preset ST Analysis settings.
Clicking Presets resets alarm limits, alarm level, measurement offset and Print on
Alarm. (For ST Analysis Presets values, see
3.
Set alarming indications.
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Print on Alarm: Click On or Off to specify whether central station alarm printouts
occur for ST Analysis alarms.
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Alarm Level: Click to set the alarming level priority for ST alarms.
For a description of alarm levels, see
If you set Alarm Level to OFF, the system continues ST Analysis for checked
leads, but it generates no ST alarms.
WARNING Turning off alarming for arrhythmia types and ST Analysis disables
both audio and visual alarm indicators. Although alarming for lethal arrhythmias
cannot be turned off, patients susceptible to arrhythmias must be kept under
close physical surveillance if their alarming has been turned off for any arrhythmia
types.