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Latching Alarms 52
Testing Alarms 52
Alarm Behavior at On/Off 53
Alarm Recordings 53
5 Patient Alarms and INOPs 55
Patient Alarm Messages 55
Technical Alarm Messages (INOPs) 61
6 Managing Patients 85
Admitting a Patient 85
Quick Admitting a Patient 87
Editing Patient Information 87
Discharging a Patient 88
Transferring Patients 89
Care Groups 92
7 ECG, Arrhythmia, ST and QT Monitoring 99
Skin Preparation for Electrode Placement 99
Connecting ECG Cables 99
Selecting the Primary and Secondary ECG Leads 100
Checking Paced Status 100
Understanding the ECG Display 100
Monitoring Paced Patients 101
Changing the Size of the ECG Wave 103
Changing the Volume of the QRS Tone 103
Changing the ECG Filter Settings 104
Selecting Positions of Va and Vb Chest Leads (for 6-lead placement) 104
Choosing EASI or Standard Lead Placement 105
About ECG Leads 105
ECG Lead Fallback 106
ECG Lead Placements 106
Capture 12-Lead 110
EASI ECG Lead Placement 111
ECG and Arrhythmia Alarm Overview 112
Using ECG Alarms 113
ECG Safety Information 114
About Arrhythmia Monitoring 115
Switching Arrhythmia Analysis On and Off 116
Choosing an ECG Lead for Arrhythmia Monitoring 116
Understanding the Arrhythmia Display 117
Arrhythmia Relearning 120
Arrhythmia Alarms 121
About ST Monitoring 127
Switching ST On and Off 127
Understanding the ST Display 128