Logging In
To use the handheld application, you must log in.
Alarm List / Alarm History Screen
On logging in, the alarm history screen is displayed. This is a list of alarms for the patients/beds you have been assigned by your nurse manager.
Alarm Notification
These sections describe notification delivery, alarm level and type, and reminders.
Alarm Details Screen
The Alarm Details screen shows the particulars of an alarm. This includes the bed number, the time of the event, the patient name, the reason for the alarm, and the patient's vital signs.
Waveform Review
When you acknowledge a patient alarm, the waveform review screen appears. This displays a static waveform for the patient.
Patient List
You can display a list of the patients that are in the beds that are assigned to you.
Bed Assignment
In VAM, you can assign yourself to be either the primary nurse or a secondary nurse for a bed, and you can assign yourself to be a secondary nurse for a bed group.
Alarm Escalations VAM, depending upon your local system configuration, will escalate alarms to other handhelds in three possible conditions.
Test Alarms
The system may be configured to send out test alarms in predefined time intervals. These may be used to remind nurses to manually check on the patients and to support other workflows. Check with your system administrator if this option has been turned on.
Forward
You can forward alarms from beds you are currently assigned to another logged in nurse on the floor. The forward remains in effect until you manually cancel the forward on your handheld, or you log out of the handheld.
Shift Handover
The shift handover option allows the nurse to hand over patients and beds to the replacement nurse after shift change. All assignments will be automatically reassigned to the shift change nurse, thus eliminating the need to manually assign patients and beds.
Logout/Exit
To log out or exit from the VAM system, tap to display the menu, and then tap Logout.