GE Corometrics 170 Series, Operator'S Manual

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7-6 170 Series Monitor Revision D
2003023-001
Strip Chart Recorder: Annotations
Annotations
Several standard annotations are made by the monitor to help analyze the strip chart
data and to complete the patient record. Most annotations print in the area between
the top and bottom grids on the strip chart paper; however, there are some
annotations that print in either grid. A summary of annotations is provided in
Table
7-2 .
Paper with a heart rate scale of 30–240 BPM has a larger annotation area than paper
with a heart rate scale of 50–210 BPM.
Standard Annotations
All annotations are summarized in Table 7-2 . The most common of the annotations
which print on the bottom line (eight or five depending on the paper style) are:
„
date
„
time
„
fetal heart rate alarm limits (if alarms are enabled)
„
fetal heart rate mode(s)
„
heart rate coincidence enable status
„
uterine activity mode
„
fetal movement enable status
„
recorder speed
„
telemetry annotations
Peripheral Equipment Data
Your 170 Series Monitor has two built-in RS-232C ports which can be used to
connect to other devices such as a maternal non-invasive blood pressure monitor, a
fetal oxygen saturation monitor, or a central information system which supports
Hewlett Packard’s Digital Series Protocol. Contact your Service Representative for
more information.
Data from a Maternal Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Monitor
A blood pressure reading received from an external monitor prints on any of the first
three annotation lines—as soon as a printing line is available. A solid diamond
marker prints on the bottom two lines of the heart rate grid, marking the time of
the reading.
NBP 103/ 71 M 83 P 72
If the top three printing lines are busy printing other data, the diamond marker prints
at the time of the reading; however, the vital signs data print sometime afterwards—
when a line becomes available.
Data from a Fetal Oxygen Saturation Monitor
Fetal oxygen saturation readings from an external monitor are sampled continuously
and printed once every five minutes on the strip chart paper. The %FSpO
2
value