User's Manual

Physiologic Alarms
5-12 Alarms
Alarm Text
Priority
Condition
Source
** ST ELEV
Yellow
Two contiguous leads have ST values
exceeding the STEMI limits.
ECG/ST
*/**AFIB
Yellow
Atrial fibrillation waveform detected.
ST/AR
Enhanced
Arrhythmia
*/** HR High
Yellow
Heart Rate (yyy) greater than the upper
Heart rate limit (xxx).
ST/AR Basic
& Enhanced
Arrhythmia
*/** HR Low
Yellow
Heart Rate (yyy) lower than the lower
Heart Rate limit (xxx).
ST/AR Basic
& Enhanced
Arrhythmia
*/** IRREGULAR HR
Yellow
Consistently irregular rhythm (irregular
R-R intervals).
ST/AR
Enhanced
Arrhythmia
* MISSED BEAT
Yellow
No beat detected for 1.75 x average R-R
interval for Heart Rate greater than 120, or
no beat for 1 second with Heart Rate
greater than 120 (non-paced patient only).
ST/AR
Enhanced
Arrhythmia
* MULTIFORM PVCs
Yellow
The occurrence of two differently shaped
Vs, each occurring at least twice within the
last 300 beats as well as each occurring at
least once within the last 60 beats.
ST/AR
Enhanced
Arrhythmia
* NON-SUSTAIN VT
Yellow
A run of Vs having a ventricular Heart
Rate greater than V-Tach limit but lasting
for less than the V-Tach Run limit.
ST/AR
Enhanced
Arrhythmia
*Nurse Call
Yellow
The patient has pressed the
Multi-Function Button on the MX40.
* PACER NOT CAPTURE
Yellow
No QRS for 1.75 x the average R-R
interval with Pace Pulse (paced patient
only).
ST/AR Basic
& Enhanced
Arrhythmia
* PACER NOT PACING
Yellow
No QRS and Pace Pulse for 1.75 x the
average R-R interval (paced patient only).
ST/AR Basic
& Enhanced
Arrhythmia
* PAIR PVCs
Yellow
Two consecutive PVCs between
non-PVCs.
ST/AR
Enhanced
Arrhythmia
* PAUSE
Yellow
No QRS detected for x seconds. Choices
of >1.5 to 2.5 seconds.
ST/AR
Enhanced
Arrhythmia