VOTEM VM15 - Averaging; Fastsat; Waveform

VM15 User Manual Masimo SpO2 Monitoring (Option)
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to the patient's level of SpO2 signal strength and quality at the measurement site.
⚫ The NORMAL setting is recommended for the majority of patients. This setting
provides the best overall combination of measurement sensitivity plus
responsiveness to inadvertent sensor detachment.
⚫ The MAXIMUM setting is recommended for use on patients with weak signals and
for use during procedures or when clinician and patient contact is continuous such
as in higher acuity settings.
⚫ The APOD(Adaptive Probe Off Detection) setting is used to protect against
erroneous pulse rate and SpO2 readings that can occur when a sensor becomes
detached from the patient. However, this setting is the least effective setting for
patients with low perfusion, but may be optimum for patients in settings where
patients are often left unattended.
AVERAGING
The user-selectable averaging feature allows the clinician to select the desired level of
visibility to subtle variations in the measured value. Depending on the patient acuity and area
of care, shorter averaging times are sometimes preferred over longer averaging times and
vice-versa. 8-second averaging is generally considered the most common averaging interval
and recommended for most patients since it is short enough to provide visibility to subtle
desaturations while also being long enough to minimize major changes in SpO2 due to quick,
transitory desaturations. Although averaging times greater than 10 seconds are more likely
to reduce visibility to rapid, brief desaturations, this may be desirable in care areas where
brief desaturations that do not require clinician intervention occur more often.
User Selectable Settings: 2~4, 4~6, 8(Default), 10, 12, 14, 16 (sec)
FASTSAT
FastSat enables rapid response to, and display of, rapid changes in SpO2 by giving priority to
the most recent data. This aids the clinician in clinical settings requiring fast response time
such as those seen with induction, intubation, sleep studies and resuscitation.
As a result of the increased fidelity of this mode, FastSat is not recommended for routine use
as there may be an increase of the frequency of alarms caused by rapid, transitory SpO2
changes.
FastSat is always on for 2-4, 4-6 averaging modes, but there is no message sent to the host
monitor that FastSat is on.
User Selectable Settings : ON / OFF (Default)
WAVEFORM
Plethysmograph Waveform display ON/OFF selection.
Default Setting : Waveform display should be enabled when SpO2 numerical display is
enabled
User Selectable Settings : ON(Default) / OFF