Using The Spectra Alert Option; Enabling/Disabling Spectra Alerts; Methodology - GE Corometrics 250cx Series Operator's Manual

Using the Spectra Alert Option

Enabling/Disabling Spectra Alerts

Methodology

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Spectra Alerts: Using the Spectra Alert Option
CAUTION
CIS—The Spectra Alerts option provides bedside alerts only. If
you connect the 250cx Series Monitor to a Quantitative Sentinel
or Spectra 400 Alert and Surveillance Central System you must
disable the Spectra Alerts feature in the monitor.
The Spectra Alerts option, when installed, is enabled/disabled from the Fetal Alert/
Alarm field on the password-protected Install Options service screen. FHR alarms and
Spectra Alerts cannot be enabled at the same time. You may select one or the other;
or you can disable them both. To effect a change to the Fetal Alarms setting, you
must turn the monitor off, then back on again.
When the Alerts option is enabled, a solid bell icon
mode title(s) and prints on the strip chart paper prior to the active FHR mode
annotation(s). Refer to the Figure, "Spectra Alert Enabled Annotation," on page C-5
and the Figure, "Example of a Level One Decelerations Alert," on page C-6. This
icon indicates that the feature is enabled only; it does not indicate the presence of an
alert condition.
The Spectra Alerts feature is designed to assist the perinatal staff in assessing the
status of monitored patients by recognizing normal and abnormal pattern features.
Medically researched pattern recognition techniques are utilized to detect when the
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pre-set limits have been exceeded. When abnormal features are recognized by the
system, these features are displayed on an Alert Parameters area on the FECG, US, or
US2 Setup screen—whichever is affected. When the abnormal feature(s) meet the
preset criteria for an alert, the monitor provides an audible and visual indication of
that alert. When an alert condition is detected, the system categorizes the alert into
one of three levels—with level three being the most severe. Refer to the "Possible
Alert Conditions" Table.
1 Limits are not user-selectable.
250cx Series Maternal/Fetal Monitor
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displays next to the FHR
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