Quick Admitting a Patient 6 Managing Patients
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Patient Category and Paced Status
The patient category setting determines the algorithm the monitor uses to process and calculate some
measurements, the safety limits that apply for some measurements, and the alarm limit ranges.
The paced setting determines whether the monitor shows pacemaker pulses or not. When Paced is
set to No, pace pulses are filtered and therefore do not show in the ECG wave.
WARNING Patient Category and Paced status 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 monitor uses the
default settings from the current profile, which might not be correct for your patient.
Patient category Changing the patient category may change the arrhythmia and NBP alarm limits.
Always check alarm limits to make sure that they are appropriate for your patient.
Paced status For paced patients, you must set Paced to Yes. If it is incorrectly set to No, the
monitor could mistake a pace pulse for a QRS and fail to alarm during asystole.
Admitting a Centrally-Monitored Patient
You can admit a patient at either the bedside or the Information Center. When you admit a patient,
the patient’s name appears on the bedside monitor and the Information Center.
If you do not fill in all patient information required by the Information Center, the Information
Center may reject the admission. Complete all the required fields and try again to admit the patient.
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.
1 Select the Quick Admit SmartKey.
2 Enter the required data (ID fields or Last Name depending on configuration) with the keyboard.
3 Select Enter.
4 In the confirmation window, select Confirm to discharge the previous patient (if confirmation is
configured).
5 Check that patient category and paced status are correct for the new patient.
If the monitor is connected to an Information Center and only the ID field is entered, the patient
name is set to - - - at the Information Center. Complete the rest of the demographic details as soon as
possible to fully identify the patient on the network, on the monitor and on printed reports. To
complete the details, select Admit Patient again and complete all required fields.
Editing Patient Information
To edit the patient information after a patient has been admitted, select the patient name field on the
Main Screen to open the Patient Demographics window, and make the required changes.
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