Chapter 5: Monitoring the Patient
Veterinary 3 Parameter Advisor
®
Operation Manual
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QUICKSET Alarm Limits
You can quickly adjust the high and low alarm limits using the QUICKSET feature. You may choose to reset all the
alarm limits, or just the alarm limits for a measured value that has matched or exceeded a high or low limit and
generated an alarm.
When you select QUICKSET ALL LIMITS, the monitor will use the patient’s current measured values, add the
QUICKSET high (QS HI) number for each measured value, and reset all the high alarm limits to reflect each total.
Likewise, the monitor will subtract the QUICKSET low (QS LO) numbers from the patient’s current measured
values and reset all the low alarm limits. See the following example:
PATIENT’S CURRENT
MEASURED VALUES
QUICKSET NUMBERS
QUICKSET
FUNCTIONS
HIGH AND LOW ALARM
LIMITS AS RESET USING
THE QUICKSET FEATURE
Heart rate: 65 beats per minute
(bpm)
QS HI: +25
QS LO: -25
65 + 25 = 90
65 – 25 = 40
High: 90 bpm
Low: 40 bpm
Non-Invasive Blood Pressure
(NIBP)
Systolic: 118 mmHg
Diastolic: 80 mmHg
Mean Arterial Pressure: 92 mmHg
QS HI/Systolic: +20
QS LO/Systolic: NO CHG*
QS HI/Diastolic: +10
QS LO/Diastolic: NO CHG*
QS HI/Mean Arterial
Pressure: +10
QS LO/Mean Arterial
Pressure: NO CHG*
118 + 20 = 138
NO CHG*
80 + 10 = 90
NO CHG*
92 + 10 = 102
NO CHG
High/Systolic: 138 mmHg
Low/Systolic: No change
High/Diastolic: 90 mmHg
Low/Diastolic: No change
High/Mean: 102 mmHg
Low/Mean: No change
Oximetry: 98% SpO
2
QS HI: NO CHG*
QS LO: -5
NO CHG*
98 – 5 = 93
High: No change is made.
Low: 93%
* NO CHG = No Change
The newly reset alarm limits will be displayed in the parameter boxes.
When an alarm occurs and you select QUICKSET VIOLATED ONLY, the monitor will either add the QUICKSET high
(QS HI) number, or subtract the QUICKSET low (QS LO) number for the current measured value that exceeded the
existing alarm limit, and then reset the high or low alarm limit to reflect the total. See the following example:
MEASURED
VALUE
CURRENT HIGH AND
LOW ALARM LIMITS
PATIENT’S
CURRENT
MEASURED
VALUES
QUICKSET NUMBERS
HIGH AND
LOW ALARM
LIMITS AS
RESET USING
THE QUICKSET
FEATURE
Heart Rate
High: 150 beats per
minute (bpm)
Low: 40 bpm
Heart rate: 65 bpm
QS HI: +25
QS LO: -25
No violation, no
change.
Non-Invasive
Blood
Pressure
(NIBP)
High/Systolic: 200 mmHg
Low/Systolic: 90 mmHg
High/Diastolic: 105 mmHg
Low/Diastolic: 40 mmHg
High/Mean: 110 mmHg
Low/Mean: 50 mmHg
Non-Invasive Blood
Pressure (NIBP)
Systolic: 118 mmHg
Diastolic: 80 mmHg
Mean Arterial
Pressure: 92 mmHg
QS HI/Systolic: +20
QS LO/Systolic: NO CHG
QS HI/Diastolic: +10
QS LO/Diastolic: NO CHG
QS HI/Mean Arterial
Pressure: +10
QS LO/Mean Arterial
Pressure: NO CHG
No violation, no
change.
SpO
2
High: OFF
Low: 85%
84%
QS HI: NO CHG
QS LO: -5
High: No
change is made.
Low: 79%
