User's Manual

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Settings Menu Screen
Alarm Limits
The following table lists the device’s factory defaults and alarm limits.
NOTE: The AUC will not calculate if the %rSO
2
Low (% BL) setting or %rSO
2
Low (Abs)
setting is OFF.
%rSO
2
Low
Depending on how the rSO
2
Low Alarm Mode is set on the System Menu screen, this setting
will be either “%rSO
2
Low (% BL)” or “%rSO
2
Low (Abs).”
The rSO
2
Low Alarm Limit displays to the right of the channel’s trendline area on the monitor
screen. This value may be automatically or manually set.
%rSO
2
Low (% BL)
To have the rSO
2
low alarm limit value automatically calculated as a percentage below the
baseline, set the rSO
2
Low Alarm Mode to % Below Baseline (% BL) (default) on the System
Menu screen. As shown in table 8, the factory default is the baseline value minus 25%.
Example: if the BL is 60, then the low alarm limit is 45 (60 minus 25% = 45).
To customize the rSO
2
low alarm limit, users can select a percentage between -40% to -5%
in the rSO
2
Low (% BL) field on the Settings Menu screen. The low alarm limit calculation is
the set baseline minus the selected percentage.
Table 8. Alarm Limit Settings
Alarm Limit Factory Defaults Adjustment Options
Adjustment
Increments
%rSO
2
High Off Off, 20% – 95% 1%
%rSO
2
Low*
%rSO
2
Low (% BL)
% below baseline
or
%rSO
2
Low (Abs)
Absolute
Baseline - 25%
(Baseline minus 25%)
50%
Off, - 40% to - 5%
(minus 40% to minus 5%)
Off, 15% – 90%
1%
1%
%SpO
2
High Off Off, 80% – 100% 1%
%SpO
2
Low 85% Off, 50% – 95% 1%
Pulse High 200 BPM Off, 75 – 275 BPM 5 BPM
Pulse Low 50 BPM Off, 30 – 110 BPM 5 BPM
* Depending on how the rSO
2
Low Alarm Mode is set on the System Menu screen, this setting will be either
“%rSO
2
Low (% BL)” or “%rSO
2
Low (Abs).” See "Set Graph Position(s)" on page 36 for more information.
CAUTION: Verify all alarm settings and limits during system startup to ensure that they
are set as intended.
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DRAFT 10 DEC 2012
DRAFT 10 DEC 2012