Tones and vibration – Welch Allyn AcuityLink Clinician Notifier - User Manual User Manual

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Directions for Use

Respond to alarms and alerts

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Tones and vibration

Unit-wide configuration dictates whether you receive tones and vibration, only tones or
only vibration.

Tones

There are five distinct alarm and alert tones:

Vibration

Some mobile devices have vibratory capability. Vibrations repeat, as follows: Two
vibrations, followed by a 20 second pause.

Table 1. Clinician Notifier alarm and alert indications

Alarm type

Tone

Lethal arrhythmia events
(VTACH, ASYS, VFIB)

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP...
Four loud beeps followed by a brief pause

High-level arrhythmia and ST events
(as specified at the Acuity Central Station display)

Apnea events

BEEP BEEP BEEP...
Three loud beeps followed by a brief pause

Vital-sign alarms

Medium-level arrhythmia and ST events
(as specified at the Acuity Central Station display)

BEEP beep...
A pair of beeps (one high beep and one lower beep) followed
by a brief pause

Low battery

BEEP...
A single beep followed by a long pause

Network and Acuity System Disconnect alerts

Chirp!
A single “chirp” followed by a 20-second pause

WARNING If your system administrator has used the server to set only auditory
alarming for all mobile devices in your unit, the mobile devices will not vibrate to
indicate Clinician Notifier patient alarms, even if a user sets a mobile device to
vibrate.

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