Managing Patients
4-2
WARNING
z [Patient Cat.] and [Paced] will always contain a value, regardless of whether the
patient is fully admitted or not. If you do not specify settings for these fields, the
patient monitor uses the default settings from the current configuration, which
might not be correct for your patient.
z For paced patients, you must set [Paced] to [Yes]. If it is incorrectly set to [No], the
patient monitor could mistake a pace pulse for a QRS and fail to alarm when the
ECG signal is too weak.
z For non-paced patients, you must set [Paced] to [No]. If it is incorrectly set to [Yes],
the patient monitor may be unable to detect premature ventricular beats (including
PVCs) and perform ST segment analysis.
4.2 Quick Admitting a Patient
Use [Quick Admit] only if you do not have the time or information to fully admit a patient.
Complete the rest of the patient demographic details later. Otherwise, the
symbol will
always be displayed in the patient information area.
1. Select the [Patient Setup] QuickKey, or [Main Menu]→[Patient Setup >>].
2. Select [Discharge Patient] to clear any previous patient data. If you do not erase data
from the previous patient, the new patient’s data will be saved into the data of the
previous patient. The monitor makes no distinction between the old and the new
patient data.
3. If [Discharge Patient] button appears dimmed, directly select [Admit Patient] and
then select:
îš‹ [Yes] to apply the data in your patient monitor to the new patient, or
îš‹ [No] to clear any previous patient data.
4. Enter the patient category and paced status for the new patient, and then select [Ok].
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