Welch Allyn Medical Diagnostic Equipment Medical Alarms 8.1x Manual Do Utilizador

Chapter 11   Specifications

Welch Allyn  Acuity Central Monitoring System

Display Priority

Acuity System automatically displays 
Waveform Windows in alarm state in 
all views containing Waveform 
Windows. 

Waveform Windows in alarm 
“bump” those not in alarm, when 
necessary.

Waveform Windows in 
alert state are not 
automatically displayed.

No displays in 
Waveform 
Window. 

Waveform 
Windows in 
alert state 
are not 
automatically 
displayed.

Indications

Violating vital sign’s numeric is 
highlighted. +++ means measured 
values fall above the monitor’s range, 
--- means they fall below, and ??? 
means they could not be measured.

Specific message appears in border.

Status icon. 

If visual latched alarm capability is 
enabled, lethal and high-level 
arrhythmia alarms (and medium-level 
arrhythmia alarms if so configured) 
persist in Waveform Windows until 
cleared at Central.

For most, specific 
message appears in 
border.

Status icon. 

No messages 
in Waveform 
Window. 

Specific 
message 
appears in 
border.

Status icon. 

Message Priority

Displays highest priority message for 
each patient.

If more than one monitor 
equipment alert occurs 
for one monitor at once, 
a “Multiple” message 
appears in border.

No messages 
in Waveform 
Window. 

Alarms and 
monitor 
equipment 
alerts take 
priority over 
low-level 
alerts.