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Panorama™ Operating Instructions 0070-10-0690-01 4 - 15
Arrhythmia and ST Analysis Arrhythmia Alarms
Causes a red V-Fib text message to display in the Patient Status line.
Ventricular Tachycardia (V-Tach) Alarm
A V-Tach alarm is activated at the Panorama Central Station as follows:
The V-Tach lethal arrhythmia alarm is activated when the configured number of
consecutive PVCs is reached at a rate equal to or greater than the V-Tach threshold.
The range of the V-Tach rate is 100 to 180 beats. The range of the V-Tach threshold is
3-15 bpm.
A V-Tach alarm is a Priority 1 alarm event that:
Produces the Alarm Priority 1 visual and audio alarm indicators once the condition is
identified.
Causes a red V-Tach text message to display in the Patient Status line.
4.4.2 Non-Lethal Arrhythmia Alarms
A Non-Lethal Arrhythmia is an arrhythmia that is most likely not life threatening to a patient.
Bigeminy, Bradycardia, Couplet, Irregular Heart Rate, Pause, PVC, Run, Trigeminy, and
Ventricular Rhythm (V-Rhythm) alarms are non-lethal arrhythmia alarms, and depending on
the alarm, default to Alarm Priority 2 or 3 (except for Bradycardia).
NOTE: Non-Lethal arrhythmia alarms are not latched alarms and
can be acknowledged at anytime.
Bigeminy Alarm
The Bigeminy alarm is activated at the Panorama Central Station when three or more
cycles of one PVC coupled to one normal beat are detected.
The Bigeminy alarm has priority settings of 2, 3, and OFF. When the setting is:
•Set to 2, the Panorama Central Station produces an Alarm Priority 2 sound once the
condition is identified.
•Set to 3, the Panorama Central Station produces an Alarm Priority 3 sound once the
condition is identified.
•Set to OFF, the Panorama Central Station does not produce any audio alarm indicators
for the Bigeminy alarm condition.
The Bigeminy alarm causes a yellow Bigeminy text message to display in the Patient
Status line.
Bradycardia (Brady) Alarm
The Brady alarm is activated at the Panorama Central Station when the heart rate falls to a
value 10% lower than the user selected value for low heart rate alarm.
NOTE: The Bradycardia alarm is not available when using a
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card.
NOTE: The Brady alarm will not be suspended when the Suspend
Non-Lethals sidebar button is selected.