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Alarms

Welch Allyn 1500 Patient Monitor

Silencing an alarm

Acknowledging an alarm

Alarm Limit

Press the Alarm button

to silence the alarm. The audible alarm is silenced for 1, 1.5

or 2 minutes. The visual parameter alarm continues to be displayed.

Press the Alarm button

again to resume the alarm.

After the defined silence time, the audible alarm is reactivated. The silence time is
defined in Setup > Setup Administrator> Alarms > Alarm Silence Time (see

“Administrator” on page 118

).

Technical Alarm

A technical alarm can be acknowledged by pressing the Alarm Silence button .

This

alarm is not reactivated.

Suspend all alarms

The Alarm suspend is used to deactivate all alarms caused by for example, disconnecting
patient cables, loose electrodes or relocation of the patient. The alarm is suspended for a
duration of 1, 1.5, or 2 minutes. During this time the message Alarms Suspended is
displayed.

The alarm suspension time is defined in the menu Setup > Administrator> Alarms >
Alarm Suspend Time

(see

“Administrator” on page 118

).

1.

Press the Setup button .

2. Select Alarm Suspend.

A message is given in the message bar indicating that the alarms have been
suspended.

If you wish to reactivate the alarms before the set duration, press the Setup button again

. The menu entry is changed to Alarm Resume. Select this option to reactivate the

alarms.