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End or F1 starts the Final Report phase.
Recovery display freezes while test information transfers to system storage.
Report Manager loads and displays final report menu options.
TTL and analog output is maintained in Report Manager.
ABORT
ESC
Abort or ESC will cause the user to exit the Pre-exercise portion of the test and return to the main menu. If a
patient was entered through the Work List, the patient’s demographic information will be repopulated in the Work
List for future use.
TREADMILL
F2
Control the treadmill by selecting TREADMILL or F2. The Treadmill pop-up window will appear.
1. To turn the treadmill on or off, select On or Off and click OK.
2. To hold an individual stage, select Hold Stage and click OK. This setting allows the user to monitor a patient
at the set workload parameters without leaving the selected protocol. A message will display underneath the
protocol stating “Stage Hold”. To resume the stage from where it left off, select Stop Hold from the Treadmill
pop-up window and click OK.
3. To advance a patient through the first few stages of the selected protocol or to manually move a patient to the
next appropriate stage, select NEXT STAGE and click OK.
4. To leave the selected protocol and control the workload manually, select MANUAL and click OK. This allows
the user to customize the test to the patient's ability and may provide more accurate results.
Set speed and grade using the arrows located on the pop-up window, or by using the up/down keys on
the keyboard.
Select Increment Stage to advance the treadmill to the next appropriate stage once OK is selected.
NOTE: When changing to manual control, the selected protocol cannot be resumed. The test must be
finished in manual mode. At Recovery phase, the pre-set recovery parameters will return the treadmill
to baseline.
5. To change to another protocol, first use the drop-down menu to select the new protocol. Next click
PROTOCOL followed by OK. This will:
Move the patient to the beginning of the next stage of the new protocol.
Advance or regress the system to the appropriate speed and elevation for the stage of the new protocol.
NOTE: Reports and reviewed data will be marked with appropriate change and time.
During pre-exercise and recovery, the user can change speed or grade; however, upon phasing into exercise, speed
and grade will change to the selected protocol values. To change speed or grade during exercise, refer to step 4.
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