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Remove a latched arrhythmia alarm
If your Acuity System is configured to allow latched alarms, indications for certain
arrhythmia alarms remain (or latch) in the Waveform Window, even after the alarm
condition has ceased.
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Depending on configuration, lethal, high-level and possibly medium-level arrhythmia
alarms visually latch in Waveform Windows. (For details about arrhythmia alarm
levels, see
“To adjust preferences for a patient’s arrhythmia alarming”
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After the alarm condition becomes inactive, latching indications remain until you clear
the latched alarm or until the alarm is replaced by another latched alarm of equal or
higher priority.
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If you attempt to remove a latch for an alarm condition that is still active, the visual
latch remains.
To remove a latched arrhythmia alarm
Take one of these steps:
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Click the colored bar to remove the latching indication(s).
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Click
to remove the latching indication(s) and review the event.
The Arrhythmia Events Review window appears.
The cursor clears the text and bar as it sweeps across the window.
Red bar: Lethal or high-level arrhythmia alarm
Red and yellow bar: medium-level arrhythmia alarm
The latched alarm