User's Manual

Propaq CS Directions for Use 53
Alarms &
Alerts
Respond to Patient Alarms
When an apnea alarm or patient alarm occurs, the monitor produces an audible tone and visual
indicators and displays the following:
1. Press the Suspend/Resume Alarms key in the upper right corner of the screen or
SUSPEND in the Patient Alarm Menu. The tone is suspended for 90 seconds. During
that period, visual alarm indications continue.
To “unsuspend” the alarm before 90 seconds has elapsed, press the Suspend/Resume key
or
RESUME. If an alarm condition still exists, the tone will again sound. For NIBP,
pressing
Suspend/Resume or RESUME will not resume the NIBP alarm because NIBP is
not continuously measured.
Warning
Suspending an alarm suspends ALL alarm tones for 90 seconds or until RESUME is pressed.
2. Check the patient and provide appropriate care.
3. To adjust alarm limits, press Home, SETUP, ALARMS, LIMITS to display the Alarm Limits
Window. Use NEXT PARAMETER and NEXT SETTING as needed to highlight the limit you
want to change.
• Press UP or DOWN to change the limits.
• Press ON/OFF to turn an alarm off or on. (The ON/OFF button is not available for HR/PR alarm
limits if HR/PR ALARM LIMITS in the Settings window is set to CANNOT TURN OFF.)
4. If you want to quickly turn off all alarm limits, from the Main Menu press SETUP, ALARMS, ALL
ALARMS. You cannot turn off the Apnea alarm.
5. After caring for the patient, turn on the appropriate alarm limits.
Flashing numerics
indicate that limits
have been
violated.
Alarm lights
(see table on
page 109)
Press LIMITS to
adjust alarm limits
(if LIMITS is
available).
Press to suspend
the tone for 90
seconds.
Suspend/
Resume
Alarms
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