GE CARESCAPE - ECG alarm priorities; ECG measurement practicalities; Alternate pulse rate source; PDM IntelliRate algorithm

ECG
1.SelecttheHRparameterwindow.
2.SelecttheheartratealarmrangefromtheHRAlarmRangelist:
●30–240(setanddisabledifthePrimaryHRSourceisIntelliRate,AUTO,or
SpO2).
●20–300
NOTE
Franceonly:Availableselectionsare30–230and20–230.
Selection30–230issetanddisabledifthePrimaryHR
SourceisIntelliRate,AUTO,orSpO2.
ECGalarmpriorities
YoucansetthealarmprioritiesforvariousECGalarmsthroughAlarmSetup>Alarm
Priorities>ECG.TheallowedprioritiesaredenedintheCareUnitSettings,and
theyarepasswordprotected.
ECGmeasurementpracticalities
Alternatepulseratesource
Thealternatepulseratesourceallowsclinicianstoacquireapulseratefromasource
otherthanECG(Art,Fem,ABP,UAC,orSpO
2
).Thefollowingcircumstancesmay
warranttheuseofanalternatepulseratesource:
●Excessiveartifactduetoanelectricalinterferencefromequipment(e.g.,
electrosurgicaldevice).
●Excessivepatientmovementcausingsignicantartifact(e.g.,seizureactivity).
●Inabilitytousestandardleadplacement(e.g.,burns).
PDMIntelliRatealgorithm
ThePDMusestheIntelliRatealgorithm.IntelliRateextractsinformationfrommultiple
physiologicalsignals(ECG,SpO
2
,Art)andappliesrule-basedlogictodeterminewhich
heartratesourcehasthehighestlikelihoodofbeingaccurate.Byreportingthemost
accuraterate,thetrendedpulserateismoreaccurate,andoccurrencesoffalsepulse
ratelimitviolationalarmsaregreatlyreduced.Thealternatepulseratesourcevalue
replacesthestandardheartratevalueintheHRparameterwindow.
TRAM,E-modules,andtelemetrytransmittersAuto
algorithm
TRAM,E-modules,andtelemetrytransmittersusetheAUTOalgorithm.AUTOselects
therstavailableheartratesourcebasedonapre-denedparameterpriority:
1.ECG
2.UAC(TRAMandNICUsoftwarepackageonly)
3.Art
4.ABP
5.Fem
6.SpO
2
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