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Patient Alarm and Equipment Alert Specifications
Characteristic
Specification
System alarm delay time
0.5 seconds, typical
Indicators
Flashing red alarm bell light: patient alarm(s)
Continuously on red alarm bell light: patient alarm silenced or suspended
Flashing yellow crossed-alarm light: equipment alert
Continuously on yellow crossed-alarm light: one or more patient alarm limit(s) off
Tone patterns
Apnea: 1 second on, 1 second off
Patient alarm: 1 second on, 2 seconds off
Equipment alert: 1 second on, 4 seconds off
SILENCE and
keys
Silences patient alarm or equipment alert at the Propaq monitor and Acuity Central
Station for 90 seconds or until
is pressed again.
New patient alarms or equipment alerts interrupt the silence at the Propaq monitor, but
only life-threatening arrhythmia and apnea alarm tones interrupt the silence at the Acuity
Central Station.
4 MIN SUSPND key
At the Propaq monitor and Acuity Central Station, inhibits all patient alarm and
equipment alert tone capability for 4 minutes or until
or RESUME is pressed.
Apnea and life-threatening arrhythmia alarm tones do interrupt the silence for Propaq
monitors connected to the Acuity Central Station.
ALL ALARMS key
At the Propaq monitor and Acuity Central Station, inhibits all patient alarm and
equipment alert tone capability indefinitely, until
or
RESUME is pressed.
Apnea and life-threatening arrhythmia alarm tones do interrupt the silence for Propaq
monitors connected to the Acuity Central Station.
RESUME and
keys
At the Propaq monitor and Acuity Central Station, re-enables capability for alarm and
alert tones and re-enables alarm and alert tones that are still active.
Acknowledge equipment
alert
Tone and visual message are dismissed.
HR/PR alarm limits range
25 to 250 beats per minute
Apnea delay alarm limit
range
Neonate: 6 to 20 seconds
Adult/Pediatric: 6 to 30 seconds
IBP alarm limit ranges
All patient modes
Systolic, Diastolic, Mean
-30 to 300 mmHg
NIBP alarm limit ranges
Neonate
Systolic 25 to 120 mmHg
Diastolic 10 to 105 mmHg
Mean 10 to 110 mmHg
Pediatric
Systolic 30 to 160 mmHg
Diastolic 15 to 130 mmHg
Mean 15 to 140 mmHg
Adult
Systolic 30 to 260 mmHg
Diastolic 20 to 235 mmHg
Mean 20 to 255 mmHg
Temp alarm limit range
(T1, T2)
32.0 to 122.0 °F
0.0 to 50.0 °C
Δ Temp alarm limit range
0.0 to 90.0 °F
0.0 to 50.0 °C