Alarm Led Indicators; Alarm Light; Alarm Activation - GE Healthcare B30 User's Reference Manual

B30 Patient Monitor
Table 4-3
Visual
Red
Yellow
White
There is also a sound for catastrophic situations: you hear continuous beep if the FiO
than 18%, or Ppeak is high.

Alarm LED indicators

The B30 has several alarm indicators. There are two LEDs, red and yellow, in the side panel
beside the
disabled.

Alarm light

In addition to the audible and LED indications, the B30 has an alarm light, located in the upper
right corner of the monitor frame. The alarm light can be enabled (default) or disabled, see
"Other adjustable features" on page
(medium priority) according to the currently active highest priority alarm. You can adjust the
brightness of the light in the range 5 to 100 %. To adjust the brightness of the light:
1. Press the
2. Select
to help you determine a suitable brightness level.

Alarm activation

To enable the alarms, connect patient cables. If the alarm source is selected, the alarms are
active also when the measurement is not displayed (except the impedance respiration alarms).
When an alarm becomes active, messages appear in order of priority. See default settings
presented in the "Default Configuration Worksheet."
Individual alarms have their own specific requirements before they become active, for
example:
−
Apnea requires five breaths to be activated.
−
Invasive pressures need to be within alarm limits for 20 seconds after zeroing.
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General pattern
Tone pattern
Continuous beep
Double beep every 5 seconds
-- 5 -- 5 --
Single beep
-
Silence Alarms
key. For their functioning,
Alarms Setup
key.
Alarm Light
and adjust with the ComWheel. During adjustment the red light is on
Meaning
For life threatening situations. High priority
alarm.
For serious but not life threatening problems.
Medium priority alarm.
Advisory note. It may be equipment related
like 'Leads off'. Low priority alarm.
see page 4-3.
4-13. When enabled, it flashes red (high priority) or yellow
is less
2
These indicators can be