Silencing Alarms; Silencing Audible Alarms Temporarily; Reactivating Alarms; Silencing Audible Alarms Permanently - GE Healthcare B30 User's Reference Manual

Silencing alarms

Silencing audible alarms temporarily

NOTES:
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The bedside alarms can also be silenced and acknowledged from the Central if this
feature has been enabled in the Central configuration. In this case, the message 'Alarms
silenced from Central' or 'Alarms acknowledged from Central' is displayed on the bedside
monitor display.
•
If the monitor is connected to the network and the network connection is lost, the
silenced alarms are reactivated and the volume level is automatically set to 7.
Pressing the Silence Alarms key once
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To silence all alarms for two minutes, press the
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To silence all alarms for five minutes, keep the
than five seconds.
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Pressing the
presilences the upcoming alarms of other measurements. If the alarms are not active when
you press the
The crossed bell symbol with a countdown timer is displayed in the upper left hand corner of
the screen to indicate that the alarms are silenced, and the message field is cleared of all the
previous alarm and note messages. The visual alarms in the digit and waveform fields remain
as long as they are valid. During silencing, all new alarms for the same reason and all alarms
for a different reason are indicated visually. Apnea alarms are activated after five breaths.
Pressing the Silence Alarms key twice
•
To silence an individual alarm that is currently active, press the
twice. This does not pre-silence the upcoming alarms.
The message 'Alarms acknowledged' is displayed to indicate that the alarms that were
silenced by pressing the
alarms will have an audible sound.

Reactivating alarms

You can reactivate the alarm sounds of new upcoming alarms by pressing the
Alarms
was first pressed will not sound before the original silencing period is over.

Silencing audible alarms permanently

Silencing certain audible alarms entirely may be desirable for special cases.
<18%, high Ppeak alarms are always silenced only for 20 seconds.
2
Silence Alarms
key once silences the alarms that are currently active, and
Silence Alarms
key, they are pre-silenced for 2 or 5 minutes.
Silence Alarms
key once again during the silencing period. The alarms that were active when the key
Silence Alarms
Silence Alarms
key twice remain silent, whereas other upcoming
Alarms
side panel key once.
key pressed for more
Silence Alarms
key
Silence
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