OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (continued)
on the systolic and diastolic values, when
the Scale key is pressed. Otherwise, the
operator may manually choose one of several
fixed scales by pressing the Scale key. (See
Configuration
section for more details.)
BLOOD
PRESSURE
ALARM
LIMIT
KEYS
- set the alarm limits for the P1
systolic and P2 systolic, mean or diastolic
blood pressures. The HI key selects the
upper blood pressure limit; the LO key
selects the lower blood pressure limit.
Pressing either the HI or LO key places a
box around the corresponding limit on the
Monitor screen. Pressing either the HI or
LO key consecutively toggles the display
between the P1 and P2 HI or the P1 and P2
LO. The increment and the decrement keys
(labeled with arrows) increase or decrease
the selected limit.
Strip Chart Recorder Operation
The following keys control the operation of
the strip chart recorder:
ECG PLOT
- initiates a printed copy of the
ECG waveform on the strip chart recorder;
pressing the ECG PLOT key again will
abort the plot.
BP PLOT
- initiates a printed copy of the
P1 arterial blood pressure waveform on the
strip chart recorder; pressing the BP PLOT
key again will abort the plot.
NOTE:
Simultaneously pressing the ECG
PLOT & BP PLOT keys produces concurrent
plots of the ECG waveform and the P1
waveform.
CO2
- initiates a printed copy of the CO
2
waveform on the strip chart recorder; the
plot will be suspended after 12 seconds of
data have been printed, the CO2 key is
pressed again, or Vitalink communications
are interrupted. If CO
2
waveform data is not
available, the message “NO WAVEFORM
DATA” is printed on the strip chart
recorder.
TREND PLOT
- initiates a printed copy of
each trended measurement of the anesthesia
system; pressing the TREND PLOT key
again will abort the TREND plot after
completion of the current trend.
DATA PRINT
- prints a brief report of the
current anesthesia system data values.
DATA LOG PRINT
- prints out the last 40
events from the anesthesia system data log
on the strip chart recorder. Pressing the
DATA LOG key again while printing will
abort the data log after completion of the
current page.
PRINT FREEZE
- prints out the last
FREEZE ECG waveform in a format similar
to
the
ECG
TRACE
PLOT.
Pressing
FREEZE or PRINT FREEZE while the
printing is in progress will abort the plot. If
no waveform data exists or the data is
invalid,
the
message
“NO
FREEZE
WAVEFORM” is printed on the strip chart
recorder.
Monitoring Display
The VITALERT 2000 uses a 7-inch CRT for
t h e
p r e s e n t a t i o n
o f
w a v e f o r m s ,
measurements, and alarms. Four different
types of display screens appear on the
Monitoring Display: the Monitor screen, the
Freeze screen, the Configuration screens,
and the Help screens.
A description of each display screen’s
function follows.
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