User's Guide

Introduction
AlarmView™ System Product Description
The AlarmView System is a secondary alarm notification system that
transmits alarm data from Primary Patient Monitoring Equipment (PME)
to pagers that are worn by caregivers.
• The AlarmView Pager - The AlarmView Pager is an off the
shelf pager that is worn by caregivers responsible for
individual patient care.
• The AlarmView Programmer - The AlarmView
Programmer is an off the shelf Personal Digital Assistant
(PDA) with Windows CE operating system and equipped
with AlarmView programming software. The PDA needs to
have an infrared (IR) port to communicate with the
transmitter.
§ The AlarmView Transmitter - The AlarmView Transmitter
is connected to the Patient Monitoring Equipment (PME)
(i.e., Nellcor Puritan Bennett Pulse Oximeter – NPB-290,
NPB-295, NPB-3000) with an AlarmView cable that is
connected to the PME’s serial port.