Welch Allyn AcuityLink Clinician Notifier - User Manual - Manual (Page 42)

38 Respond to alarms and alerts Welch Allyn AcuityLink Clinician Notifier
Escalation mode
In escalation mode, a patient alarm is delivered to clinicians’ mobile devices in the order
shown below. Timing can vary, depending on selections made by your system
administrator.
Note A patient’s alarms immediately escalate if the patient is unassigned for primary or
secondary notification.
1.
2.
3.
11:00:00
Primary notification
Violet Prince’s patient monitor and the Acuity Central
Station indicate that she is in an alarm state.
Seconds later, the alarm occurs on the mobile
devices of primary responders-- clinicians in the unit
who have checked Violet Prince.
No one in the unit suspends her alarm tone.
11:00:30
Secondary notification
Violet’s alarm tone continues at the bedside monitor
and the Acuity Central Station, and it escalates to
mobile devices of secondary responders-- clinicians
in the unit who have checked Receive Secondary
Notification.
No one in the unit suspends her alarm tone.
11:01:00
Broadcast notification
Violet’s alarm tone continues at the patient monitor
and the Acuity Central Station, and it broadcasts to
all active mobile devices in the unit.