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Reviewing Alarms 57
Latching Alarms 58
Testing Alarms 59
Alarm Behavior at Power On 59
Alarm Recordings 60
4 Patient Alarms and INOPs 61
Patient Alarm Messages 61
Technical Alarm Messages (INOPs) 68
5 Managing Patients and Equipment 85
Patient Concepts 85
Equipment Concepts 85
Managing Patients 86
Transferring Patients 91
Managing Equipment 95
Information Center Compatibility 103
6 ECG, Arrhythmia, ST and QT Monitoring 105
Skin Preparation for Electrode Placement 105
Connecting ECG Cables 105
Selecting the Primary and Secondary ECG Leads 106
Checking Paced Mode 106
Understanding the ECG Display 107
Monitoring Paced Patients 108
Changing the Size of the ECG Wave 109
Changing the Volume of the QRS Tone 110
Changing the ECG Filter Settings 110
Choosing EASI or Standard Lead Placement 110
Selecting Positions of Va and Vb Chest Leads (for 6-lead placement) 111
About ECG Leads 111
ECG Lead Fallback 112
ECG Lead Placements 112
Capture 12-Lead 118
EASI ECG Lead Placement 122
ECG and Arrhythmia Alarm Overview 123
Using ECG Alarms 125
ECG Safety Information 127
About Arrhythmia Monitoring 129
Switching Arrhythmia Analysis On and Off 129
Choosing an ECG Lead for Arrhythmia Monitoring 129
Understanding the Arrhythmia Display 131
Arrhythmia Relearning 134
Arrhythmia Alarms 135
About ST Monitoring 139
Switching ST or STE On and Off 140