Monitoring Arrhythmia; Adjusting Arrhythmia Alarm Settings; Detecting The Ecg Arrhythmia Alarms - GE Healthcare B30 User's Reference Manual

Monitoring arrhythmia

The Severe arrhythmia analysis mode used by the B30 detects asystole, bradycardia,
tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia.

Adjusting arrhythmia alarm settings

To open the adjustment menu:
1. Press
2. Select ECG Alarms - Arrh. Alarms.
In the adjustment menu, turn and push the ComWheel to select the priority for all alarms
except asystole and ventricular fibrillation, which are always red (high priority), and ventricular
tachycardia, which cannot be selected OFF.
NOTE: Alarm priorities can also be set using the Central, depending on its
configuration.
ECG

Detecting the ECG arrhythmia alarms

Alarm
Asystole
Brady
Tachy
V Fib
V Tachy
ECG
.
Criteria
Cardiac arrest, no QRS complexes for five seconds.
HR below the HR alarm limit.
HR over the HR alarm limit.
Fibrillatory waveform caused by ventricular fibrillation.
Five or more consecutive PVCs and rate of successive beats
over 100 bpm.
ECG
11-15