GE CARESCAPE - Setting the beep tone during bradycardia and HR low alarms; Variable beat tone; Aspect ratio and different display sizes; Selecting the ECG waveform size

ECG
SettingthebeeptoneduringbradycardiaandHRlow
alarms
NOTE
PDMandTRAMonly.NICUsoftwarepackageonly.
Thisselectionisnotavailablewithcombinationmonitoring.
ThisselectionisavailableiftheBeatVolumeforQRSissetto0(off).
Ifthealarmforbradycardiahasbeensettoofforsilenced,ortheECGalarmsare
silencedpermanently,thentheQRStonedoesnotsound,either.
1.SelecttheHRparameterwindow.
2.Setthebeeptone:BeatToneonBradyOnly>OnorOff.
WhenthebeeptoneisselectedOn,theQRStoneswillsoundonlywithBrady
alarmconditions.
●Ifthealarmvolumehasbeensettobelow8,theQRStoneswillsoundatthe
selectedalarmvolumelevel+2.
●Ifthealarmvolumehasbeensetto8ormore,theQRStoneswillsoundat
alarmvolumelevel10.
Variablebeattone
YoucancongureavariablebeattonethroughMonitorSetup>DefaultSetup>Care
UnitSettings>Parameters>VariableBeatTone.Thissettingispasswordprotected.
IfitsettoAllbeatsources,theSpO
2
saturationaffectsallbeepsoundsincludingECG
andIPwhentheSpO
2
measurementisavailable:beepfrequencychangesaccording
toincreasinganddecreasingSpO
2
values.IfthesettingissettoOnlySpO2,otherbeep
soundsarenotaffectedbythechangingSpO
2
values.
Formoreinformation,seetheCARESCAPEModularMonitorsSupplemental
InformationManual.
Aspectratioanddifferentdisplaysizes
ECGaspectratioistheratiooftheverticalsensitivity(ECGsize)tothehorizontal
sensitivity(sweepspeed).
TheB450aspectratioisoptimizedforthe12”integrateddisplay,andtheB650aspect
ratioisoptimizedforthe15”integrateddisplay.Iflargerexternaldisplaysareused,
thewaveformsizeandsweepspeedmaychange.
TheB850aspectratioisoptimizedfora19”display.Ifadisplayofadifferentsizeis
used,thewaveformsizeandsweepspeedmaychange.
Formoreinformation,seetheCARESCAPEModularMonitorsSupplemental
InformationManual.
SelectingtheECGwaveformsize
ThisselectionadjuststhesizeofthedisplayedECGwaveform.
1.SelecttheHRparameterwindow.
2.SelectavaluefromtheECGSizelist.
Theselectionsare0.5x,1x,2x,4x.Thesmallerthevalue,thesmallerthewaveform.
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