4-10 ApexPro™ 2001989-200E
System setup
Patient age
WARNING
INCORRECT ALGORITHMS, ARRHYTHMIA PROCESSING
AND CALCULATIONS BASED ON PATIENT AGE — After
manually updating or automatically retrieving patient demographic
information from a network database, always confirm that the
entered patient’s date of birth matches the patient’s actual date of
birth. Otherwise the appropriate age-related algorithms, arrhythmia
detection, and calculations will not be applied.
Detect Pace Enable or disable pacer detection. Choices are: Pace 1,
Pace 2, and Off. Off is the default.
NOTE
Selecting Off turns pacemaker detection off. It does not
perform pacemaker detection. Pace 1 or Pace 2 must
be used with pacemaker patients. See Monitoring
pacemaker patients on page 7-13.
NOTE
Temporary changes may be made for a specific patient
via the single patient viewer > Monitor Setup > ECG.
Patient Age Set Patient Age. Choices are: 0-2 Years, 3-11 Years, 11-13
Years, and Adult. See Patient age on page 4-10.
NOTE
Temporary changes may be made for a specific patient
via the single patient viewer > Admit.
Transmitter Alarm Pause Enable or disable transmitter alarm pausing. Choices are:
Enable, Disable or Off.
This option sets the unit default for all telemetry patients
admitted to the CIC Pro center.
NOTE
Temporary changes may be made for a specific patient
via the single patient viewer > Alarm Control.
Alarm Pause
Breakthrough
Turn on or off Transmitter Alarm Pause breakthrough.
Choices are: Always On or Always Off. Always On is the
default.
This option sets the unit default for all telemetry patients
admitted to the CIC Pro center. It cannot be changed on an
individual patient basis.
Event Marker (ApexPro CH transmitter only) Turn on or off Event Marker
alert. Off is the default.
1
Barbara J. Drew, RN, PhD, FAAN (2000). Value of Monitoring a Second Precordial Lead for
Patients in a Telemetry Unit, GE Medical Systems (order document number M04243ME0)
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