GE CARESCAPE - Messages related to BIS measurement

Messages
Message
Location
ExplanationWhattodo
●Headboxoff
●param.
Headboxisnotconnected.●Connecttheheadbox.
●HighEMG
●param.
Highfrontalmuscleactivitymay
disturbtheEEGmeasurement.
●Calmthepatient.
●IdenticalEEG
modules
●al.areaTherearetwoormoreEEG
modulesinthesystem.
●RemoveallbutoneEEG
module.
●Poorelectr.contact
●param.
Electrodeimpedanceisover5
kOhm.
●Presstheelectrodeto
improveconnection.
●Changetheelectrode.
●Checktheimpedance.
MessagesrelatedtoBISmeasurement
Forinformationregardingalarmprioritiesandescalationtimes,seetheCARESCAPEModular
MonitorsSupplementalInformationManual.
Makesureyouarefamiliarwiththegenericlayoutofthescreen.Thiswillhelpyouidentify
whereonscreenthefollowingmessagesappear.Themessagelocationisindicatedwiththe
followingabbreviations:
●al.area=alarmarea
●param.=parameterwindow
●report=reportview
●wavef.=waveformarea
Message
Location
ExplanationWhattodo
●Applysensor
●param.
Thesensorconnectiontothe
patientmaybeloose.
●PresstheBISsensor
electrodestoimprove
connection.
●Artifact
●param.,
wavef.
Signalscontainnoiseorartifact.●Checksensorcontact.
●Removesourcesofexcessive
noise.
●Automaticcheckoff
●param.
Automaticsensorcheckhas
beenturnedoff.
●Ifrequired,activatethe
automaticcheck.
●BIScableoff●al.areaCableisdisconnectedfromthe
module.
●Connectthecable.
●BISDSCerror
●al.areaTheBISxisnotcommunicating
oroperatingproperly.
●TesttheBISx.
●Iftheproblempersists,
contactauthorizedservice
personnel.
●BIShigh/BISlow
●al.areaMeasurementvaluesareequal
tooroutsidethealarmlimits.
●Checkthepatientstatus.
●Checkthedosageof
anesthetics.
●Adjustalarmlimitsif
necessary.
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