GE Medical Systems Corometrics 340, Service Manual, Page: 22 / 82

1-6 Model 340 Telemetry System Revision A
2006920-001
Safety: Equipment Safety Information
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LINE ISOLATION MONITOR TRANSIENTS—Line
isolation monitor transients may resemble actual cardiac
waveforms, and thus cause incorrect heart rate
determinations and alarm activation (or inhibition).
MRI USE—Do not use the equipment during MRI
scanning; conducted current could potentially cause
burns.
PATIENT CABLES AND LEADWIRES—Do not use
patient cables and electrode leads that permit direct
connection to electrical sources. Use only “safety” cables
and leadwires. Use of non-safety patient cables and lead
wires creates risk of inappropriate electrical connection
which may cause patient shock or death.
PACEMAKER PATIENTS—Rate meters may continue to
count the pacemaker rate during occurrences of cardiac
arrest or some arrhythmias. Do not rely entirely upon
rate meter alarms. Keep pacemaker patients under close
surveillance. Refer to your monitor’s operator’s manual
for disclosure of the pacemaker pulse rejection capability.
SIMULTANEOUS DEVICES—Do not simultaneously
connect more than one device that uses electrodes to
detect ECG and/or respiration to the same patient. Use
of more than one device in this manner may cause
improper operation of one or more of the devices.
STRANGULATION—Make sure all patient cables,
leadwires, and tubing are positioned away from the
patient’s head to minimize the risk of accidental
strangulation.
WATER BIRTHS—Do not use a fetal or maternal/fetal
monitor to directly monitor patients during water
births, in whirlpool or submersion water baths, during
showers, or in any other situation where the mother is
immersed in water. Doing so may result in electrical
shock hazard.