Welch Allyn Atlas - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

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Table Of Contents
1 HOW THIS MANUAL WORKS......................................................................................................................1
1.1 A QUICK TOUR OF THE WELCH ALLYN ATLAS MONITOR...........................................................................2
2 MONITORING THE PATIENT......................................................................................................................4
2.1 MONITORING BLOOD PRESSURE .................................................................................................................6
2.1.1 MAP (Mean Arterial Pressure) .............................................................................................................8
2.1.2 Alternate BP Field Settings (only available if language setting configured to Chinese).....................10
2.2 MONITORING SPO
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, PULSE RATE AND THE SPO
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WAVEFORM...................................................................12
2.3 MONITORING HEART RATE AND THE ECG WAVEFORM............................................................................15
2.4 MONITORING IMPEDANCE RESPIRATION (MODELS 622XX & 623XX) .......................................................19
2.5 MONITORING TEMPERATURE (MODELS 622XX & 623XX) ........................................................................21
2.6 MONITORING CO
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, RESPIRATION RATE, AND THE ETCO
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WAVEFORM (MODEL 623XX) .........................23
3 MANAGING THE ALARMS.........................................................................................................................25
3.1 PATIENT ALARMS .....................................................................................................................................29
3.1.1 Factory Default Patient Alarm Settings...............................................................................................30
3.2 MEASUREMENT INVALID ALARMS ............................................................................................................31
3.3 INSTRUMENT PROBLEM ALARMS ..............................................................................................................32
3.4 BATTERY ALARMS (MODELS 622XX & 623XX) ........................................................................................33
4 CAPTURING AND DISPLAYING TREND DATA.....................................................................................35
5 USING PRINT AND WAVEFORM FREEZE .............................................................................................37
5.1 THE PRINTER – LOADING PAPER AND TROUBLESHOOTING .......................................................................39
6 CONNECTING TO THE PATIENT .............................................................................................................41
6.1 CONNECTING THE NIBP CUFF ..................................................................................................................43
6.2 CONNECTING THE SPO
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FINGERCLIP SENSOR............................................................................................46
6.3 CONNECTING THE ECG ELECTRODES .......................................................................................................48
6.4 CONNECTING THE TEMPERATURE PROBE (MODELS 622XX & 623XX)......................................................52
6.5 CONNECTING THE END TIDAL CO
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SAMPLE TUBE (MODEL 623XX) .........................................................53
7 USING THE MENUS......................................................................................................................................54
7.1 THE SET DATE AND TIME AND OTHER OPTIONS MENU ............................................................................54
7.2 THE ADVANCED CONFIGURATION MENU..................................................................................................56
7.2.1 Advanced Configuration Menu Settings ..............................................................................................58
8 CLEANING AND MAINTAINING THE ATLAS MONITOR ..................................................................60
9 UNPACKING AND INSTALLING THE ATLAS MONITOR...................................................................62
10 APPENDIX A: TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE ATLAS MONITOR................................64
11 APPENDIX B: ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (EMC) ........................................................72
12 APPENDIX C: CALIBRATION AND MAINTENANCE ...........................................................................73
13 APPENDIX D: ACCESSORIES FOR THE WELCH ALLYN ATLAS MONITOR................................74
14 APPENDIX E: TROUBLESHOOTING........................................................................................................77
15 INDEX ..............................................................................................................................................................92