Patient Monitor User Manual Monitoring ECG
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diagnostic explanation about the size and shape of the pacemaker crest.
NOTE:
When monitoring a patient with a pacemaker, set Pace to On. If monitoring a patient
without a pacemaker, set Pace to Off.
WARNING
1 Some pace pulses can be difficult to reject. When this happens, the pulses are
counted as a QRS complex, and could result in an incorrect HR and failure to detect
cardiac arrest or some arrhythmias. Be sure to check the paced symbol on the display
screen has correctly detected the pacing pulse. Keep pacemaker patients under close
observation.
2 For patients with pacemakers, the pace must be switched ON. Otherwise, the pacing
impulse may be counted as regular QRS complexes, which could prevent an asystole
event from being detected. When changing settings and admitting patients, please
make sure the pace mode is always correct.
3 External pacing electrodes: When using pacemakers with external pacing electrodes
on the patient, the quality of arrhythmia is severely degraded due to the high energy
level in the pacemaker pulse. This can cause arrhythmia algorithms cannot detect the
pacemaker without capturing or asystole.
9.6.6 ECG Calibration
This item is used to calibrate ECG waveform. When you select this item from ECG Setup menu
again, the ECG waveform calibration ends.
NOTE:
The patients can’t be monitored during ECG calibration.
9.6.7 ECG Waveform Settings
To change the speed, select ECG Waveform Setup > Sweep (mm/s), then select an appropriate
setting from the pop-up list. The bigger the value is, the wider the waveform is.
Select ECG Waveform Setup > Cascade: Turn on or off ECG cascade. Cascade means the
ECG waveforms displayed on the screen all occupy the area of two waveforms. This function is
valid only when Screen Layout is set to Normal.
9.7 12-Lead ECG Monitoring
In 12-lead display mode, 12 ECG waveforms and one rhythm lead waveform will be shown at the
waveform area on the screen. The rhythm lead is for ECG calculation before entering 12-lead
display mode. Also, in this mode, the filter mode is set to Diagnosis and cannot be changed.
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