Fluke Biomedical ProSim 8 - Ventricular Arrhythmias

Vital Signs Simulator
ECG Function
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Ventricular Arrhythmias
Ventricular arrhythmias are arrhythmias in the lower chambers of the heart, or
ventricles. To do a ventricular arrhythmia:
1. From the ECG screen, push  or  to highlight the Wave Group value.
2. Push .
3. Push  or  to highlight Ventricular in the wave group list.
4. Push .
5. Push  or  to highlight the Waveform value.
6. Push .
7. Push  or  to highlight a waveform in the list.
8. Push  to set the arrhythmia waveform and go back to the ECG:
Ventricular screen.
You can adjust the amplitude of all ventricular arrhythmia waveforms. See Set
the ECG Parameters. You can also add ECG signal artifacts to each arrhythmia
signal. See Simulate an ECG Artifact.
The ventricular fibrillation and poly V tach arrhythmias have a variable not
available on the other ventricular arrhythmias. To change the type variable for the
ventricular fibrillation and poly V tach waveform set:
1. Push  or  to highlight the Type value.
2. Push .
3. Push  or  to highlight Coarse or Fine from the list.
4. Push  to set the arrhythmia type and go back to the ECG: Ventricular
screen.
The mono v tach arrhythmia has a heart rate variable. To change the heart rate:
1. Push  or  to highlight the Heart Rate value.
2. Push .
3. Push  or  to adjust the heart rate. Each push of a key moves the heart
rate one beat in the direction of the key pushed. You can set a heart rate of
120 beats/minute (BPM) to 300 BPM in 5 BPM intervals for this arrhythmia.
4. When the heart rate is set, push  to set the arrhythmia heart rate and go
back to the ECG: Ventricular screen.
The PVCs arrhythmia has a rate variable to set the number of PVCs in a minute.
To change the rate of PVCs:
1. Push  or  to highlight the
Rate value.
2. Push .
3. Push  or  to highlight 6/min, 12/min, or 24/min in the list.
4. Push  to set the arrhythmia rate and go back to the ECG: Ventricular
screen.