Chapter 9: Non-invasive Blood Pressure
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Veterinary 3 Parameter Advisor
®
Operation Manual
NIBP Alarms
An NIBP alarm will be issued when the numeric measured value for pressure matches or exceeds the alarm limits
set for systolic, diastolic or mean arterial pressure or when there is a malfunction with the blood pressure cuff.
See
Set the Alarm Limits
in
Chapter 5: Monitoring the Patient
for instructions for setting high and low alarm limits.
During an NIBP alarm, an audible alarm tone will sound and ALARM will appear in the alarm status line at the top
of the display. In the NIBP parameter box, a message may be displayed describing the alarm condition and, when
applicable, the violating measured value and violated alarm limit will flash.
NIBP alarms are categorized as medium or low priority.
ALARM CONDITION
INDICATION
HIGH SYSTOLIC PRESSURE
Audible medium priority alarm; flashing yellow
systolic pressure value in the NIBP parameter box
LOW SYSTOLIC PRESSURE
Audible medium priority alarm; flashing yellow
systolic pressure value in the NIBP parameter box
HIGH DIASTOLIC PRESSURE
Audible medium priority alarm; flashing yellow
diastolic pressure value in the NIBP parameter box
LOW DIASTOLIC PRESSURE
Audible medium priority alarm; flashing yellow
diastolic pressure value in the NIBP parameter box
HIGH MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE
Audible medium priority alarm; flashing yellow MAP
value in the NIBP parameter box
LOW MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE
Audible medium priority alarm; flashing yellow MAP
value in the NIBP parameter box
COM ERROR
Audible low priority alarm; message in the NIBP
parameter box
NIBP ERROR
Audible low priority alarm; message in the NIBP
parameter box
NIBP TIMEOUT
Audible low priority alarm; message in the NIBP
parameter box
NIBP CUFF LEAK
Audible low priority alarm; message in the NIBP
parameter box
NIBP ARTIFACT
Audible low priority alarm; message in the NIBP
parameter box
NIBP WEAK SIGNAL
Audible low priority alarm; message in the NIBP
parameter box
CUFF OVER-PRESSURE
Audible low priority alarm; message in the NIBP
parameter box
NIBP CAL ERROR
Audible low priority alarm; message in the NIBP
parameter box
VALVE ERROR
Audible low priority alarm; message in the NIBP
parameter box