Philips IntelliVue TRx Instructions For Use Manual page 80

Physiologic Alarms
Alarm Text
*** DESAT
*** TACHY yyy > xxx
*** V-FIB/TACH
*** V-TACH
** MULTI ST Lx, Ly
** NURSE CALL
5-6 Alarms
Draft - 1 Aug 08
Physiologic (Patient) Alarms
Priority Condition
Red Very Low SpO
SpO value below Desaturation limit
2
Desat limit is set 10 points below
Note—
low limit.
Red Extreme Tachycardia.
Heart Rate (yyy) greater than Extreme
Tachy limit
Red Ventricular Fibrillation.
Fibrillatory wave (sinusoidal wave
between 2-10 Hz) for 4 consecutive
seconds
Red Ventricular Tachycardia.
Consecutive PVCs greater than or equal to
V-Tach Run limit and Heart Rate greater
than V-Tach limit (xxx)
Yellow Two ST leads (Lx and Ly) exceed alarm
limit elevation or depression for > 60
seconds (EASI mode or when selected).
Yellow The Telemetry button on the transceiver
has been pressed (and the system is
configured to alarm and the Telemetry
button is on.
Also initiated if the installation includes a
paging system and the Information Center
is configured for paging upon receipt of
Nurse Call signal.
Note— For IntelliVue Information Centers
Release J and later, Nurse Call is a
yellow, one star (*) alarm.
Saturation.
2
Source
SpO
2
ST/AR
Basic &
Enhanced
Arrhythmia
ST/AR
Basic &
Enhanced
Arrhythmia
ST/AR
Basic &
Enhanced
Arrhythmia
ST/AR ST
Clinician-
initiated at
transceiver
or by
paging
subsystem