Welch Allyn Vital Signs Monitor, Propaq Encore - Quick Reference Guide User Manual
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Alarms and limits
Welch Allyn Propaq Encore Vital Signs Monitor
Summary of alarm and alert keys and Acuity Central
Station messages
The following table summarizes Silence and Suspend behaviors and Acuity Central
Station messages for different combinations of current and previous Propaq monitor and
Acuity software versions.
Note
When your facility uses both older and newer Propaq monitors and Acuity
software versions, be aware that messages vary at Acuity Central Station. Some
Acuity Central Station messages do not identify specific alarm/alert tone silence
or suspension states.
However, visual alarm indications still continue as usual at the Acuity Central
Station and at the Propaq monitors.
Propaq Monitor
version
Propaq
Monitor key
Result of Propaq monitor key
press
At Acuity Central Station, result of Propaq
monitor key press
Acuity 6.30 and prior Acuity 6.31 and later
Propaq Encore
2.5X
SILENCE or
Silences active alarm and alert
tones for 90 seconds at the
Propaq monitor and Acuity
Central Station.
All new alarms and alerts
interrupt the silence.
Alarms Suspended
Message
Only life-threatening
arrhythmia and apnea
alarms interrupt the
silence.
Alarms Suspended
Message
Only life-threatening
arrhythmia and apnea
alarms interrupt the
silence.
4 SUSPND
Inhibits alarm and alert tones for
four minutes at the Propaq
monitor and Acuity Central
Station.
a
a.
If connected to the Acuity Central Station, life-threatening arrhythmias and apnea alarms interrupt the suspension.
Alarms Suspended
Message
Nurse Suspend 4 min
Message
ALL ALRM
Indefinitely inhibits alarm and
alert tones at the Propaq monitor
and Acuity Central Station, until
someone resumes tone
capability.
a
Alarms Suspended
Message
Nurse Suspend Always
Message
Propaq Encore
2.4X
and prior
SUSPEND or
Suspends (for 90 seconds) the
capability for patient alarm and
equipment alert tones at the
Propaq monitor and Acuity
Central Station.
a
Alarms Suspended
Message
Alarms Suspended
Message
ALL ALRM
Turns off all patient vital sign
alarm limits at the Propaq
monitor and Acuity Central
Station.
No visual or auditory alarm
indications occur until someone
resumes the limits.
a
Some Alarms Off,
Set Alarm Limits
Message
Some Alarms Off,
Set Alarm Limits
Message