6 ECG, Arrhythmia, and ST Monitoring

Arrhythmia Alarms

Understanding PVC-Related Alarms

PVC-related alarms are detected on the basis of the current ventricular heart rate and the number of consecutive PVCs counted (referred to as PVC Runs). Changing one alarm limit automatically changes linked alarm limits.

Example: This diagram illustrates the conditions under which PVC alarms would be generated if the Vent Rhythm Run limit is set to 12, the V-Tach Run Limit is set to eight, and the V-Tach HR Limit is set to 100.

V-Tach Run Limit

Ventricular Heart Rate

100

**Pair PVCs

PVC = 2

** Non-Sustain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

***V-Tach

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PVC Run ≥ 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PVC Run < 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HR > 100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HR > 100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

** Run PVCs

 

** Vent Rhythm

 

PVC Run > 2 but ≤ 12

 

PVC Run > 12

 

HR ≤ 100

 

HR ≤ 100

 

V-Tach

Heart Rate

Limit

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

 

Ventricular Rhythm

Number of Consecutive PVCs (PVC Run)

Run Limit

 

You will see that

•if both the V-Tach Heart Rate Limit and the V-Tach Run Limit are exceeded, a red V-Tach alarm is generated

•if the ventricular heart rate exceeds the V-Tach Heart Rate Limit but not the V-Tach Run Limit, a yellow Non-Sustain VT alarm is generated.

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