User Manual

ALARMS
PatientNet Operator’s Manual, v1.04, 10001001-00X, Draft 117
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Bedside Alarm Source
In bedside alarm source, the bedside monitor performs alarm processing on all high/
low limit alarms and the Central Station displays alarms exactly as they occur on the
bedside monitor.
Alarm settings must be made at the bedside monitor, except for paging, storing, assign
to net, and recording, which may be made at the Central Station.
The bedside monitor processes DEV LOWBATT, LEAD OFF (ECG), the COMM ERR
and NO SIGNAL technical alarms. The Central Station processes all other technical
alarms.
Note: If a bedside monitored patient’s alarms are processed by the bedside moni-
tor and not by the Central Station, the main block is a different color than the
standard patient block. (see “Screen and Waveform Colors” on page 41).
Arrhythmia Alarms
All non-arrhythmia physiological alarms are processed by the bedside monitor.
If the bedside monitor is capable of arrhythmia processing, arrhythmia alarms are
called by the bedside monitor and sent to the Central Station. If the bedside monitor
does not perform arrhythmia processing, the Central Station processes all arrhythmia
alarms.
When the bedside monitor processes arrhythmia alarms, “BEDAR” appears in the
patient information block.
Silencing
When you press the silence button on the bedside monitor, the Central Station silences
alarms for the corresponding patient channel and displays a crossed-out bell as an
indicator (if the bedside unit makes silencing information available to the transceiver).
Note: The Central Station displays apnea, CHK PATIENT, CHK BEDSIDE, and BED
ALARM alarms called by the bedside monitor regardless of the alarm source
setting.