User's Manual

4-18 Alarms
Alarm Text
Priority
Condition
What to do
NO SIGNAL
(appears at the
Information Center only)
Source - Information
Center
Hard,
Latched
The MX40 is outside
the coverage area,
or
No batteries in the
MX40, or
The MX40 has
failed.
Make sure that the MX40
is within the coverage
area and has good
batteries.
Replace the MX40 if
Power On Self Test fails.
Put bed in Standby.
REPLACE BATTERY T
Source - MX40
Note — This INOP may
also be configured to
display as a Red or
Yellow Technical
Alarm.
Red or
Yellow or
Hard
Technical
Alarm,
Latched
Dead battery. No
monitoring is
occurring.
When operating
wirelessly, the
patient monitor is no
longer providing
power to the MX40,
and battery capacity
is now depleted.
Replace batteries.
SOME ECG ALARMS
OFF
Source - Information
Center
Soft
Some yellow
arrhythmia alarms have
been turned off for this
patient.
For information only.
%SpO
2
T EQUIP MALF
Source - MX40
Hard
Malfunction in the SpO
2
equipment
Contact Service.
%SpO
2
T ERRATIC
Source - MX40
Hard
Erratic SpO
2
measurements, often
due to a faulty sensor
or invalid SpO
2
measurements, or
incorrect transducer
position
Repeat measurement,
reposition sensor on patient,
or finally, replace sensor.
%SpO
2
T EXTD UPDATE
Numeric is replaced by a
-?-.
Source - MX40
Soft
The update period of
displayed values is
extended due to an
NBP measurement on
the same limb or an
excessively noisy
signal.
If NBP is not active, check
the sensor placement.
Reposition the sensor on
patient, or replace sensor.
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