Welch Allyn 246 Propaq CS Vital Signs Monitor v.3.7X - User Manual - Manual (Page 57)

Directions for Use Alarms & Alerts 53
Summary of alarm and alert keys and Acuity Central
Station messages
The following table summarizes Silence and Suspend behaviors and Acuity Central
Station messages for different combinations of current and previous Propaq monitor and
Acuity software versions.
Note When your facility uses both older and newer Propaq monitors and Acuity
software versions, be aware that messages vary at the Acuity Central Station.
Some Acuity Central Station messages do not identify specific alarm/alert tone
silence or suspension states.
However, visual alarm indications still continue as usual at the Acuity Central
Station and at the Propaq monitors.
Propaq
monitor
version
Propaq monitor
key
Result of Propaq monitor
key press
At Acuity Central Station, result of Propaq
monitor key press
Acuity 6.30 and prior Acuity 6.31 and later
Propaq CS 3.6X SILENCE or
Silence/Reset
Silences active alarm and alert
tones for 90 seconds at the
Propaq monitor and Acuity
Central Station.
All new alarms and alerts
interrupt the silence.
Alarms Suspended
Message
Only life-threatening
arrhythmia and apnea
alarms interrupt the
silence.
Alarms Suspended
Message
Only life-threatening
arrhythmia and apnea
alarms interrupt the
silence.
4 MIN SUSPND Inhibits alarm and alert tones
for 4 minutes at the Propaq
monitor and Acuity Central
Station.
a
a. If connected to the Acuity Central Station, life-threatening arrhythmias and apnea alarms interrupt the suspension.
Alarms Suspended
Message Nurse Suspend 4 min
Message
ALL ALARMS Indefinitely inhibits alarm and
alert tones at the Propaq
monitor and Acuity Central
Station, until someone resumes
tone capability.
a
Alarms Suspended
Message Nurse Suspend Always
Message
Propaq CS 3.5X SUSPEND or
Silence/Reset
Suspends (for 90 seconds) the
capability for patient alarm and
equipment alert tones at the
Propaq monitor and Acuity
Central Station.
a
Alarms Suspended
Message Alarms Suspended
Message
ALL ALARMS Turns off all patient vital sign
alarm limits at the Propaq
monitor and Acuity Central
Station.
No visual or auditory alarm
indications occur until someone
resumes the limits.
a
Some Alarms Off,
Set Alarm Limits
Message Some Alarms Off,
Set Alarm Limits
Message