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9-6 Infinity Vista VF6
9 A
RRHYTHMIA
Rate and Count
STEPS: Selecting Rate and Count Limits
1. Call up the
Arrhythmia Setup
table (see above).
2. Click on the limit in the
Rate
or
Count
column for the desired arrhythmia
parameter.
3. Dial in the desired limit and click the knob.
Arrhythmia Alarms
STEPS: Turning Arrhythmia Alarms On/Off
1. Call up the
Arrhythmia Setup
table (see above).
2. Click on the alarm setting in the
Alarm
column of the desired arrhythmia
parameter.
3. Dial in the desired setting (
ON/OFF
) and click the knob.
NOTE:
You can change limits only for VT, BRDY (rate only), SVT, TACH, and
PAUS (rate only). The displayed limits for RUN and AIVR are informational.
NOTE:
You cannot turn the alarms for asystole (ASY) and ventricular fibrillation
(VF) off in the Arrhythmia Setup table. Disabling alarms for these life-threatening
events is a password-protected function (see
Default Settings and Biomedical Support ).
WA R N I N G : C e r ta i n v e n t r i c u l a r ta c h y c a r d i a ( V T ) h a v e
s i n u s o i d a l w a v e f o r m s c l o s e l y r e s e m b l i n g t h o s e o f v e n t r i c u l a r
f i b r i l l a t i o n ( V F ) . B e c a u s e o f t h e s i m i l a r i t y o f t h e s e
w a v e f o r m s , t h e m o n i t o r m a y c l a s s i f y s u c h t y p e s o f
v e n t r i c u l a r ta c h y c a r d i a a s v e n t r i c u l a r f i b r i l l a t i o n , t h e m o r e
s e r i o u s o f t h e t w o c o n d i t i o n s .