User's Manual Part 2

Rad-87 Pulse CO-Oximeter Operator’s Manual 5-1
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alarms and messages
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Alarm identification
The Rad-87 visually and audibly indicates alarm conditions that the system detects.
Audible alarms may be silenced, without affecting the operation of visual alarms.
Three levels of alarm priority are implemented: high, medium and low priority. The following table
outlines the alarm priority specifications.
PARAMETER/MEASUREMENT — ALARM
SETTING RANGE
High
Low arterial oxygen saturation
Audible and visual
High carboxyhemoglobin saturation
High methemoglobin saturation
Low total hemoglobin concentration
High total hemoglobin concentration
High pulse rate
Low pulse rate
Sensor off and no sensor
Defective Sensor
Defective Patient Cable
System failures
Medium
High saturation
Low PI
High PI
Low PVI
High PVI
Low battery, monitoring patient
Low
Low carboxyhemoglobin saturation
Low methemoglobin saturation
Low battery, not monitoring patient
NOTE: There are no alarms associated with SpOC.

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