GE MAC 600 - Page 82

AcquiringanECG
Inadditiontoenabling/disablingtheHookupAdvisorfeature,youcansetthelevelatwhichthe
systemacknowledgespoorsignalquality.Theacknowledgementlevelcanbesettoyellow,red
(default),ornever.
Indicator
Description
RedIndicatesalead-failconditionorextremebaselineshifts.Thered
indicatorisalwaystheleftcircleoftheindicator.
YellowIndicatesmuscleartifact,powerlineinterference,baseline
wander,orelectrodenoise.Theyellowindicatorisalwaysthe
middlecircleoftheindicator.
Green
Indicatesacceptablesignalquality.Thegreenindicatorisalways
therightcircleoftheindicator.
Whenaredoryellowindicatorislit,identifyandcorrecttheerrorbeforeacquiringtheECG,
HookupAdvisorcontinuouslyreviewstheECGdataforacceptableleadquality.
lIfPre-acquisitionisenabledinSystemSetup,theleadquality(HookupAdvisorcircles,see
“StartupScreen”onpage53)indicatorwillreecttheentireprevious10secondsofECG
data.Anydisplayedmessageswillbeupdatedonareal-timebasistoreectadjustments/
improvementstotheleadquality.Aftertheleadqualityproblemsarexed,themessage“Please
wait...”willbedisplayeduntiltheentire10secondperiodisfreefromleadqualityproble
lWhenPre-acquisitionisnotenabled,theHookupAdvisorlevelandmessageswillrespondtoa
xedpoorleadqualityproblemwithin2to3seconds.
IfHookupAdvisorisdisabledandanECGisacquired,thesystemmaydisplayamessageindicating
thepoorleadqualityconditions.
Youmaychooseoneofthefollowing:
lselectContinuetocontinue(printtheECG),or
lselectCanceltocancel.
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