GE ApexPro, Operator'S Manual

Page: 101 / 218

Managing patients
2001989-200E ApexPro™ 6-15
WARNING
INCORRECT ALGORITHMS, ARRHYTHMIA PROCESSING,
AND CALCULATIONS BASED ON PATIENT AGE—After
manually updating or automatically retrieving patient demographic
information from a network database,
always confirm that the
entered patient's date of birth matches the patient's actual date of
birth. Otherwise the appropriate age-related algorithms, arrhythmia
detection, and calculations will not be applied.
Enter the bed number
Complete the following procedure to enter the bed number:
NOTE
You must choose a bed number before you can admit a patient. Make sure the bed
you want to select is on the network.
1. Next to Bed , click the down arrow to display a list of available patient beds.
2. Choose a bed number from the displayed list:
„ When the patient windows in the multi-patient viewer are assigned to
specific windows (locked), only the current bed number is displayed.
Complete the procedure,
To automatically enter the patient demographics on
page 6-12 or To manually enter the patient demographic information on
page 6-14 .
„
When the bed is a telemetry bed, select the bed name displaying an asterisk
(e.g., ICU4*).
„ When the bed is a monitor, select the bed number identifying the monitor.
„
When the bed is a monitor or in Combo mode, select the bed number
identifying the monitor.
Enter the source of the ECG data
Complete the following procedure to enter the source of the ECG data:
NOTE
You must choose the source of the ECG data before you can admit a patient.
1. Under ECG From , click the down arrow to display the list of ECG data sources.
2. Choose the source of the ECG data:
„
When the source of the ECG data is a transmitter, choose the TTX ID
number matching the TTX ID number label located on the back of the
transmitter.
„ When the source of the ECG data is a monitor, choose Monitor .
Admit the patient
Complete the following procedure to admit the patient:
1. Click Admit to admit the patient.