This sequence continues until the alert is cleared. The flashing pattern is shown here:. Audio: Depending on your Audio Option settings, the pump emits a repeated alert tone, a continuous two-pulse vibration, or both.

Display: The pump will display a notification with a yellow icon and instructions on what to do. When an alarm occurs, something has been detected that is preventing insulin from being delivered.

You are not getting insulin. It is important that you address an alarm right away. Alarm: Examples of alarms are Insulin flow blocked and Replace battery now.

When Alert occurs: Notification Light: The red light on the pump will blink twice followed by a pause, blink twice again followed by a pause. Audio: Depending on your Audio Option settings, the pump emits a repeated alert tone, a continuous three-pulse vibration, or both.

Display: The pump will display a notification with a red icon and instructions on what to do. After 10 minutes, the alarm begins to siren.

NOTE: An Insulin flow blocked alarm occurs when insulin cannot be pushed through the tubing or cannula. As for unnecessary alerts, there are typically ways to minimize the number of alerts that you get from your CGM, insulin pump, or hybrid-closed loop HCL system. This also applies for cases where you get your CGM data on multiple devices, such as phone and pump.

Because doubling the high alert would definitely make me doubly irritated. A few years ago, I decided to make my high alert happier sounding, so that when I heard it, I would be less irritated. Honestly, it works, even if it seems silly.

As long as it keeps them safe, of course! There are also many challenges with sharing glucose data , and figuring out the best way to navigate relationships with diabetes.

Sharing data is something that takes time, patience, and importantly — conversations. And conversations with your healthcare team about your glucose targets and your desires for alert goals could be helpful for preventing or helping reduce alarm fatigue.

Looking forward to all the alerts and alarms at Friends for Life Orlando in a few weeks! Written and clinically reviewed by Marissa Town, RN, BSN, CDCES.

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Audio: Depending on your Audio Option settings, the pump emits a repeated alert tone, a continuous two-pulse vibration, or both. Display: The pump will display a notification with a yellow icon and instructions on what to do. When an alarm occurs, something has been detected that is preventing insulin from being delivered.

You are not getting insulin. It is important that you address an alarm right away. Alarm: Examples of alarms are Insulin flow blocked and Replace battery now. When Alert occurs: Notification Light: The red light on the pump will blink twice followed by a pause, blink twice again followed by a pause.

Audio: Depending on your Audio Option settings, the pump emits a repeated alert tone, a continuous three-pulse vibration, or both.

Display: The pump will display a notification with a red icon and instructions on what to do. After 10 minutes, the alarm begins to siren. NOTE: An Insulin flow blocked alarm occurs when insulin cannot be pushed through the tubing or cannula.

If this alarm occurs, make sure your reservoir is not empty and check the tubing for kinks, knots or other obvious blockages. If you detect an issue and are able to resolve it, check BG and select Resume Basal. At diabetes events, like Friends for Life conferences, or diabetes camps, you will hear an assortment of alarms from pumps, CGMs, smart phones, etc.

It can even be fun to try and pick out what beep came from what device. Less enjoyable are the alarms that we get about our own glucose levels. The feeling that we get when we get a high alert after eating something we know we probably underestimated the carb count for is a feeling that is very unpleasant.

But what happens when you stop hearing your alerts? If you have friends with diabetes, you probably have at least one friend I have a few… who seem to never hear the alerts on their devices.

I will periodically change my alert noise to help ensure I will wake up from the sound, and this seems to help me. You can also put your phone or CGM Receiver in a glass to amplify the noise from vibration. As for unnecessary alerts, there are typically ways to minimize the number of alerts that you get from your CGM, insulin pump, or hybrid-closed loop HCL system.

This also applies for cases where you get your CGM data on multiple devices, such as phone and pump. Because doubling the high alert would definitely make me doubly irritated. A few years ago, I decided to make my high alert happier sounding, so that when I heard it, I would be less irritated.

Honestly, it works, even if it seems silly. As long as it keeps them safe, of course! There are also many challenges with sharing glucose data , and figuring out the best way to navigate relationships with diabetes.

Sharing data is something that takes time, patience, and importantly — conversations. And conversations with your healthcare team about your glucose targets and your desires for alert goals could be helpful for preventing or helping reduce alarm fatigue. Looking forward to all the alerts and alarms at Friends for Life Orlando in a few weeks!

Written and clinically reviewed by Marissa Town, RN, BSN, CDCES. Please answer a few questions to help us understand how best to serve you. You are not required to answer, but we hope you will. This information will be collated and may be published on our website periodically, or may be used for publication, but we will use composite data only.

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If you have questions about anything else related to Children with Diabetes, please use our Contact Us form. CGM Alarm Fatigue June 1, What is Alarm Fatigue? A Practical Approach to Counseling Persons with Diabetes on Use of Optional CGM Alarms Written and clinically reviewed by Marissa Town, RN, BSN, CDCES.

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