5 ECG, Arrhythmia, ST and QT Monitoring
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Understanding the Arrhythmia Display
Your monitor screen may look slightly different from the illustration.
1 Beat label
2 Pace pulse marks
3 Rhythm status message
4 PVC Numeric
5 HR Numeric
6 Ectopic status message
7 Delayed arrhythmia wave
Viewing Arrhythmia Waves
To review arrhythmia beat labels, in the Setup Arrhythmia menu, select Annotate Arrhy.
The wave showing the primary ECG lead will be delayed by six seconds and shown on a gray
background. Beat labels will be annotated above the ECG wave and
Delayed will be written beside it.
To return to the normal ECG primary lead display, select
Annotate Arrhy again.
Arrhythmia Beat Labels
Arrhythmia beat labels tell you how the monitor is classifying beats.
N = Normal
V = Ventricular Ectopic
S = Supra-ventricular Premature
P = Paced
' = Pacer spike
" = Biventricular Pacer Spike
L = Learning patient's ECG
A = Artifact (noisy episode)
? = Insufficient information to classify beats
I = Inoperative condition (e.g., LEADS OFF)
M = Pause or missed beat
Arrhythmia Status Messages
The monitor displays two types of status messages:
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