User's Manual Part 2

Directions for Use Chapter 3 Alarms & alerts 37
3. To reset the alarm tone at the monitor and Acuity before the 90 seconds has elapsed,
press at the monitor, or press Resume at the Acuity Central Station.
4. After caring for the patient, make sure that the appropriate alarm limits are set and
that alarms are on.
Customize patient alarm limits at the monitor
1. Press to display the Main Menu.
2. Press to highlight LIMITS, then press to display the Alarm Limits Adjust
Menu:
3. To change an alarm limit, press or to highlight the desired limit, then press
to display the Threshold Adjustment Menu:
• Scroll and select the + or - selections to change the limit as desired.
• To turn the highlighted limit on or off, scroll to ON/OFF and press .
WARNING If the patient’s name has not yet been assigned to the monitor, do
not adjust any alarm limits until after the patient name and ID are confirmed at
Acuity. When the patient name and ID are confirmed at Acuity, Acuity
downloads the default settings and patient alarm limits for that Acuity unit,
thereby overriding any custom alarm limits that were set at the monitor before
selecting the patient.
Alarm limits can be adjuste
d
for HR/PR and SpO
2
.
Select + or - to change the limit.