Monitoring
Heart Rate Alarms
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4 Ensure that the ECG size has been automatically adjusted for optimal size. If
you wish to reduce the ECG size, press . The "gain bar" along the
left side of the display represents 1 mV of signal amplitude.
Autogain allows an initial quick setup when the instrument is turned on. To remove
the instrument from Autogain, press . You then must adjust the ECG
size manually.
Adjust the QRS beeper volume to the desired volume.
3Heart Rate Alarms
The CodeMaster XL+ provides three configurable pairs of upper and lower heart
rate alarm limits. Each pair of heart rate alarm limits can be defined in setup menu 1
as described in Appendix A. While monitoring, you can select and enable any pair
of pre- defined limits using .
When HR alarms are inactive, the monitor will display a bell symbol with a "\"
through it.
To select a pair of HR alarm limits, press until the pair of limits you
wish to use are displayed. If you do not press the key again, the displayed HR alarm
limits become active and the limits are replaced by the bell symbol.
If the HR alarm limits are violated, the HR alarm limits replace the bell symbol, and
the violated limit is highlighted. Pressing at this point will turn off the
HR alarms.
If the HR Alarms are active and you wish to review the limits, press .
The currently active pair of HR alarm limits are displayed momentarily.
If the HR alarms are active and you wish to select another pair of limits, press
until the pair of limits you wish to use are displayed. Pressing
repeatedly cycles through the three pairs of HR alarm limits and the HR
alarms inactive choice.
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