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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.