A patient care system comprising: a medical pump for delivering a medicine to a patient comprising an input device; and a processor in communication with the medical pump, the processor comprising a memory and a logic, characterized in that the logic is adapted to: receive a first input on whether the medicine is designated as a critical medicine; receive a second input on selecting a trigger condition (420 defined by an alarm condition which would normally result in pausing /stopping delivery of medicine from the pump; store the first input and the second input in the memory; enable a user to select via the input device between engaging a fail-stop mode or a fail-operate mode for the critical medicine, where in the fail-stop mode delivery of the critical medicine is paused/stopped when the trigger condition is triggered and in the fail-operate mode delivery of the critical medicine continues without pausing/stopping despite the trigger condition being triggered; control the pump to operate in the fail-operate mode for the critical medicine and keep infusing to deliver the critical medicine when the fail-operate mode is selected and the trigger condition is triggered; and control the pump to operate in the fail-stop mode when the fail-stop mode is selected and thereby pausing/stopping infusing when the trigger condition is triggered. a medical pump for delivering a medicine to a patient comprising an input device; and a processor in communication with the medical pump, the processor comprising a memory and a logic, characterized in that the logic is adapted to: receive a first input on whether the medicine is designated as a critical medicine; receive a second input on selecting a trigger condition (420 defined by an alarm condition which would normally result in pausing /stopping delivery of medicine from the pump; store the first input and the second input in the memory; enable a user to select via the input device between engaging a fail-stop mode or a fail-operate mode for the critical medicine, where in the fail-stop mode delivery of the critical medicine is paused/stopped when the trigger condition is triggered and in the fail-operate mode delivery of the critical medicine continues without pausing/stopping despite the trigger condition being triggered; control the pump to operate in the fail-operate mode for the critical medicine and keep infusing to deliver the critical medicine when the fail-operate mode is selected and the trigger condition is triggered; and control the pump to operate in the fail-stop mode when the fail-stop mode is selected and thereby pausing/stopping infusing when the trigger condition is triggered. receive a first input on whether the medicine is designated as a critical medicine; receive a second input on selecting a trigger condition (420 defined by an alarm condition which would normally result in pausing /stopping delivery of medicine from the pump; store the first input and the second input in the memory; enable a user to select via the input device between engaging a fail-stop mode or a fail-operate mode for the critical medicine, where in the fail-stop mode delivery of the critical medicine is paused/stopped when the trigger condition is triggered and in the fail-operate mode delivery of the critical medicine continues without pausing/stopping despite the trigger condition being triggered; control the pump to operate in the fail-operate mode for the critical medicine and keep infusing to deliver the critical medicine when the fail-operate mode is selected and the trigger condition is triggered; and control the pump to operate in the fail-stop mode when the fail-stop mode is selected and thereby pausing/stopping infusing when the trigger condition is triggered.