GE CARESCAPE ONE - Selecting the Hemodynamic Waveform Sweep Speed; Selecting the ECG Waveform Filter; Setting the QRS Width

ECG
NOTE
TheSizesettingaffectsarrhythmiadetectionandheartrate
calculationsensitivity.Normalwaveformsize/QRSdetection
sensitivityis1x.Size2xandgreaterincreasestheQRS
detectionsensitivity.Thismaybehelpfulforlowamplitude
QRSwaveforms.Usewithcautionsincebaselineartifactmay
bedetectedasaQRScomplex.
Selectingthehemodynamicwaveformsweepspeed
NOTE
Thissettingadjuststhewaveformspeedforallofthe
hemodynamicparameters.
1.SelecttheHRparameterwindow>Setup>Page2.
2.SelectanumericvaluefromtheHemoSweepSpeedlist.
Thesmallerthevalue,theslowerthesweepspeed.
SelectingtheECGwaveformlter
Youcanselecthowthewaveformappearsonthedisplay.
1.SelecttheHRparameterwindow.
2.SelectAdvanced>Page1.
3.SelectalterfromtheWaveformFilterlist.Choicesare:
●Diagnostic:0.05Hzto150Hz
●Monitoring:0.05Hzto32Hz(with50Hzpowerlinefrequency),0.05Hzto40
Hz(with60Hzpowerlinefrequency)
●Moderate:0.05Hzto23Hz
●Maximum:4.5Hzto27Hz
WhentheMaximumlterisselected,theprompttextWarning:Maximum
lteraltersthedisplayedECGmorphologyisdisplayedatthebottomofthe
settingwindow.
SettingtheQRSwidth
NOTE
Thissettingaffectsthearrhythmiadetectionsensitivity.
IftheQRSWidthislockedintheLockingSettings,theoptionisnotselectable.
1.SelecttheHRparameterwindow.
2.SelectAdvanced>Page1.
3.SelectasettingfromtheQRSWidthlist.Choicesare:
●Narrow:Intendedforusewithallneonatesandthepediatricpatientwitha
QRScomplexwidthof100msorless.ThisisthedefaultsettingfortheNICU
softwarepackageandfortheInfantandPediatricproles.
●Normal:IntendedforECGrhythmsthathavewiderQRScomplexwidths,for
example,almostalladultpatientsandanypatientwithelectronicventricular
pacing.
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CARESCAPE ONE User Manual DRAFT 26 October 2017