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Pause an alarm at the central station

Audio alarm characteristics

• After you pause an alarm, the alarm returns after a pause interval if the

condition that caused the alarm persists.

• If a new alarm condition occurs during a pause interval, a new audio tone

occurs.

1. Click

in the System Message area. The alarm is paused. Visual indications

remain in the patient tile until the condition is corrected or until the next

measurement is taken.

2. If multiple alarms are active, a multiple alarms notification appears in the System

Message area. Respond to multiple alarms as follows:
a. Click

in the System Message area. (See note below.)

b. Read the alarm message for the second alarm.
c. Click

.

d. Continue to click the multiple alarms notification and reset tones until you

have read all of the messages.

Note The multiple alarms notification button displays the number of active

alarms inside the alarm icon. A set of dots appears below the icon. These

dots indicate the display order of alarms from highest (left) to lowest

(right) priority, as well as the most recent in the case of multiple alarms

of the same priority.

Alarm indicators and controls

Icon

Description

Alarm off
No visual or audio alarms are enabled.

Alarm on
Visual and audio alarms are enabled.

Alarm audio off
Alarm limits and visual alarm signals remain active. A reminder

signal periodically occurs.
Alarm audio paused
You have temporarily paused the audio tone for this alarm.

Alarm active
One or more alarms are active. Click this icon to pause the audio

tone.
Red icons represent high priority alarms, and yellow icons

represent medium or low priority alarms.
Multiple alarms notification
Click this icon to cycle through the messages for the active alarm

priority level.
Information status message
This icon is displayed with messages that are unrelated to

physiological alarms.