ZOE PPM3 - ECG and Heart Rate Monitoring Messages

3-10 Nightingale PPM3 User's Guide April 2019
ECG and Heart Rate Monitoring
3.9. ECG and Heart Rate Monitoring Messages
Note – Factory default HR alarm and limit settings may be found in the PPM3 Monitor
Settings chapter.
Message
Parameter
Value
Possible Cause
Suggested Action
HR < [lower limit]
[number]
The patient's heart rate
has fallen below the
current lower alarm limit.
Check the patient and provide any
necessary clinical care.
Change the alarm limit if it is no longer
clinically appropriate.
HR > [upper limit]
[number]
The patient's heart rate
has risen above the
current upper alarm limit.
Check the patient and provide any
necessary clinical care.
Change the alarm limit if it is no longer
clinically appropriate.
HR asystole
ASY
No QRS detected for last
4 seconds
Check the patient and provide any
necessary clinical care.
Check the ECG lead being used to
calculate the heart rate (the top
displayed lead) – make sure that the
QRS amplitude on this lead is at least
0.5 mV.
Change to another ECG lead to get
adequate QRS amplitude.
Reposition or change electrodes if no
lead gives adequate QRS amplitudes.
Remember the importance of good
skin preparation techniques.
HR ventricular fibrillation
VF
No organized ventricular
rhythm detected
Check the patient and provide any
necessary clinical care.
Check the ECG lead being used to
calculate the heart rate (the top
displayed lead) – make sure that the
QRS amplitude on this lead is at least
0.5 mV.
Change to another ECG lead to get
adequate QRS amplitude.
Reposition or change electrodes if no
lead gives adequate QRS amplitudes.
Remember the importance of good
skin preparation techniques.