Alarm Notification - GE ApexPro Operator's Manual

Alarms

Alarm notification

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WARNING
ALARM ACTIVATION—No alarms sound or display on the CIC
Pro center until a monitored patient is admitted to the CIC Pro
center. The CIC Pro center will not alarm if an unadmitted patient
enters an alarm condition. You must admit the patient to activate the
alarms, automatic alarm printing, and the Events directory.
WARNING
OUT-OF-UNIT ALARMS—No audible alarms sound on the CIC
Pro center for any viewed out-of-unit patient beds. The CIC Pro
center only displays on-screen alarm indicators for viewed out-of-
unit patient beds.
The CIC Pro center notifies you of patient or system status alarm conditions using
audible tones, on-screen indicators, or both audible tones and on-screen indicators.
The alarm tones used to identify alarm conditions are identified in
alarms on page 5-3 and
The following picture shows examples of on-screen alarm indicators:
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1 ADU Alarm buttons
NOTE
Clicking the alarm button displays detailed real-time parameter data for the
alarming patient in a single patient viewer.
2 Parameter window
3 Waveform area alarm message
ApexPro™
System status alarms on page
On-screen alarm indicators
Patient status
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