User's Manual

ST/AR Arrhythmia Monitoring
ECG and Arrhythmia Monitoring 6-31
1. Extreme Brady Limit
2. Low Limit
3. High Limit
4. Extreme Tachy Limit
5. Extreme Brady (D value)
6. Extreme Tachy (D value)
You need to know which value has been configured for your monitor.
Changing the high and low alarm limits automatically changes the extreme
alarm limits within the allowed range.
Arrhythmia Alarm Settings
Some arrhythmia alarms can be turned off at the Information Center
depending its configuration. They are:
Non-Sustain VT, Vent Rhythm, Run PVCs, Pair PVCs, R-On-T PVC,
V.Bigeminy, V.Trigeminy, Multif.PVCs, Pause, SVT, HR High, HR Low
Irregular HR (IHR), Missed Beat, PVCs/min, Pacer Not Capture, Pacer
Not Pacing,and Afib.
Alarms that have been turned off at the Information Center will appear as
off in the Arrhythmia menu of the MX40, but they are not accessible, nor
can you change limits locally.
Yellow Arrhythmia Alarms
Yellow arrhythmia alarms are short yellow alarms specific to
arrhythmia-related patient conditions. Depending on your Information
Center configuration, they may be shown with one or two stars. The heart
rate alarms (High HR and Low HR) can be configured as short yellow or
standard yellow alarms. When they are standard yellow alarms they exist
independently of the other arrhythmia alarms and no timeout periods
apply.
Warning
When arrhythmia analysis is on, all yellow ECG and arrhythmia alarms are
short yellow alarms (one-star). This means that the alarm tones (if volume
is on) are active for six seconds only, after which the blinking numeric and
the alarm message remain for up to three minutes. The only exception to
this are the HR High and Low alarms which can be configured as standard
yellow alarms. Red alarms behave as usual.