Vital Signs Simulator
ECG Function
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Ventricular Arrhythmias
Ventricular arrhythmias are arrhythmias in the lower chambers of the heart, or
ventricles. To do a ventricular arrhythmia:
1. From the ECG screen, push
or
to highlight the
Wave Group
value.
2. Push
.
3. Push
or
to highlight
Ventricular
in the wave group list.
4. Push
.
5. Push
or
to highlight the
Waveform
value.
6. Push
.
7. Push
or
to highlight a waveform in the list.
8. Push
to set the arrhythmia waveform and go back to the ECG:
Ventricular screen.
You can adjust the amplitude of all ventricular arrhythmia waveforms. See
Set
the ECG Parameters
. You can also add ECG signal artifacts to each arrhythmia
signal. See
Simulate an ECG Artifact
.
The ventricular fibrillation and poly V tach arrhythmias have a variable not
available on the other ventricular arrhythmias. To change the type variable for the
ventricular fibrillation and poly V tach waveform set:
1. Push
or
to highlight the
Type
value.
2. Push
.
3. Push
or
to highlight
Coarse
or
Fine
from the list.
4. Push
to set the arrhythmia type and go back to the ECG: Ventricular
screen.
The mono v tach arrhythmia has a heart rate variable. To change the heart rate:
1. Push
or
to highlight the
Heart Rate
value.
2. Push
.
3. Push
or
to adjust the heart rate. Each push of a key moves the heart
rate one beat in the direction of the key pushed. You can set a heart rate of
120 beats/minute (BPM) to 300 BPM in 5 BPM intervals for this arrhythmia.
4. When the heart rate is set, push
to set the arrhythmia heart rate and go
back to the ECG: Ventricular screen.
The PVCs arrhythmia has a rate variable to set the number of PVCs in a minute.
To change the rate of PVCs:
1. Push
or
to highlight the
Rate
value.
2. Push
.
3. Push
or
to highlight
6/min
,
12/min
, or
24/min
in the list.
4. Push
to set the arrhythmia rate and go back to the ECG: Ventricular
screen.
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