GE CARESCAPE - Messages related to EEG and AEP measurements

Messages
MessagesrelatedtoEEGandAEPmeasurements
Forinformationregardingalarmprioritiesandescalationtimes,seetheCARESCAPEModular
MonitorsSupplementalInformationManual.
Makesureyouarefamiliarwiththegenericlayoutofthescreen.Thiswillhelpyouidentify
whereonscreenthefollowingmessagesappear.Themessagelocationisindicatedwiththe
followingabbreviations:
●al.area=alarmarea
●param.=parameterwindow
●report=reportview
●wavef.=waveformarea
Message
Location
ExplanationWhattodo
●AEPstimulationon
●param.
Themeasurementisbeing
performedandclicksarebeing
deliveredtotheheadphones.
●Waituntilthestimulationis
completed.
●Artifacts
●param.
Electrodesarepoorlyconnected,
orelectricalinterferenceis
couplingtoelectrodecables.
●Checktheelectrodesand
theirimpedances.
●Removethesourcesofnoise,
ifnecessary.
●Bigcontactdifference
●param.
Theelectrodeimpedancecheck
fails.
●Checkthecontactquality
fromtheactiveand
baseline(+and-)electrodes
establishmenttoensure
measurementfromthesame
noisesignal.
●Performanewelectrode
impedancecheck.
●CheckGNDelectrode
●param.
Thegroundelectrode
impedanceisover5kOhm.
●Checkthecontactquality
fromthegroundelectrode
establishment.
●Ifnecessary,changethe
electrode.
●Performanewelectrode
impedancecheck.
●Checkingelectrodes
●param.
Electrodeimpedanceisbeing
measuredandEEGanalysisis
stoppedforafewseconds.
●Waituntiltheelectrode
impedancecheckis
completed.
●EEGleadsoff
●Leadsoff
●al.area
●param.
Leadsarenotconnected.●Reconnectthedisconnected
headboxleads.
●EEGmeasurementoff
●param.
Themeasurementhasbeen
stopped.
●Restartthemeasurementif
required.
●EEGmeasurement
removed
●al.areaAcquisitionmodulehasbeen
removed.
●Connectthemoduleif
youwanttorestartthe
measurement.
●ElectrodesOK
●param.
Electrodeimpedanceisbelow5
kOhm.
●Youcancontinuethe
measurement.
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