User's Manual

Physiologic Alarms
5-10 Alarms
Physiologic Alarms
Physiologic alarms indicate a life-threatening situation or a less urgent
situation such as heart rate beyond limits.
Warning
 Do not rely exclusively on the audible alarm system for patient
monitoring. Adjustment of alarm volume to a low level during patient
monitoring may result in patient danger. Remember that the most
reliable method of patient monitoring combines close personal
surveillance with correct operation of monitoring equipment.
Arrhythmia alarm chaining and customizing arrhythmia alarm settings are
described in the ECG and Arrhythmia Monitoring chapter. There are two
levels of arrhythmia analysis available: Basic and Enhanced. Enhanced
analysis includes Basic alarms.
The MX40 provides physiological alarms based on the settings at the
Information Center Release N or IntelliVue Information Center iX.
Alarming is not active on the MX40 until it is configured via an active
association with the Information Center.
In the following table, Red (***) alarms are listed alphabetically, followed by
the Yellow (**) alarms, and the Yellow (*) alarms.
Note — The physiological alarm messages displayed on the MX40 use a
short text format. Alarm messages displayed at the Information Center use
and extended text format, e.g. "*HR yyy<xxx".
Alarm Text
Priority
Condition
Source
*** APNEA
Note — Only available with
IIC iX.
Red
Respiration has stopped for longer than
the preset apnea time.
RESP
*** ASYSTOLE
Red
Asystole.
No QRS for 4 consecutive seconds
ST/AR Basic
& Enhanced
Arrhythmia
*** EXTREME BRADY
Red
Extreme Bradycardia.
Heart Rate (yyy) less than Extreme Brady
limit (xxx)
ST/AR Basic
& Enhanced
Arrhythmia