Alerts and Alarms
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Alarms
The OmniPod System provides alarms to make you aware of
serious or potentially serious conditions. When a condition
occurs that requires your attention an Advisory Alarm or a
Hazard Alarm will sound. Advisory alarms beep intermittently
and inform you about a condition that requires your attention.
Hazard alarms are continuous tones and occur when either the
Pod or PDM is in a serious condition. During an alarm the PDM
will display an on-screen message with instructions for taking
care of the alarm condition. Be sure to respond to all alarms
when they occur.
Details on how to handle an Advisory or a Hazard Alarm are
below:
Advisory Alarms
Advisory alarms tell you about a condition that requires your
attention. Each advisory alarm beeps intermittently. When you
hear an advisory alarm, first turn on the PDM to display the
Status
screen. The PDM communicates with the Pod, if
necessary, and the screen displays a message describing the
alarm and how to resolve it. All advisory alarms are time sensitive
and require a response. Some advisory alarms escalate to hazard
alarms if you do not respond within a certain time period (as
noted in the following table).
Some advisory alarms are controlled by levels you set in the
Settings
screen. One example is the level at which the
Low
reservoir volume
alarm sounds.
Hazard Alarms
Hazard alarms occur either when the Pod is in a very serious con-
dition or something is wrong with the PDM. Hazard alarms are
continuous tones and each has an on-screen message. Follow
the instructions in the message to fix the alarm situation. For
details, see the following table.
Many alarms (such as
Auto-off
) will escalate and
result in deactivation of the active Pod if ignored. Be
sure to respond to all alarms when they occur.
When a hazard alarm occurs in the Pod, all insulin
delivery stops. Failing to address the situation could
result in hyperglycemia. If you had a temp basal or
extended bolus running when the hazard occurred,
the PDM will remind you of this.
Due to the serious nature of hazard alarms, you must
act promptly to resolve them.
1. Acknowledge the alarm condition by pressing
OK
, which silences the alarm.
2. Deactivate and remove the active Pod (see Chap-
ter 5, Using the Pod).
3. Activate and apply a new Pod (see Chapter 5,
Using the Pod).
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