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Recording Alarms .........................................................................7-13
Stored Recordings........................................................................7-14
Event Recall.............................................................................7-14
Saving, Printing, Deleting Stored Recordings .....................7-16
Recording Status Messages ........................................................7-17
ECG and Heart Rate
Overview ..........................................................................................8-2
Patient Preparation .........................................................................8-3
Selecting and Preparing the Electrodes .................................8-3
Preparing the Patient’s Skin ....................................................8-3
Positioning the Electrodes.......................................................8-5
ECG Monitoring Settings ...............................................................8-8
Cable Type .................................................................................8-8
Lead Selection and Display Amplitude...................................8-9
Cascade Display......................................................................8-10
One- or Two-Channel Signal Processing..............................8-11
Pulse Tone Source..................................................................8-12
Pulse Tone Volume.................................................................8-13
Pacer Detection.......................................................................8-14
Displaying Sync Marks...........................................................8-15
ECG and HR Safety Considerations............................................8-16
HR Alarm Settings...................................................................8-16
Neonatal ECG Monitoring.......................................................8-16
ECG 50/60 Hz Notch Filter Setting.........................................8-16
Muscle Stimulators .................................................................8-16
Electrosurgery (ESU)..............................................................8-17
Infusion pumps .......................................................................8-19
Defibrillators and Cardioversion ...........................................8-19
High P-Waves and T-Waves...................................................8-19
Pacemakers .............................................................................8-20
AV Sequential or DDD Pacemakers.......................................8-21
Pacemakers with Impedance-Derived Rate Response........8-21
Large Amplitude Pacer Pulses ..............................................8-22
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulators (TENS).........8-22