GE Dash 3000, Operator'S Manual

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17-6 Dash™ 3000/4000/5000 2000966-386D
Monitoring Impedance Cardiography (ICG)
Troubleshooting
For clinical-level troubleshooting, refer to the GE “Critical Care Monitoring Clinical
Reference and Troubleshooting Guide.”
SPEED Select a sweep speed for the displayed waveform.
SIGNAL QUALITY Select one of the following options for signal quality. This
overrides the automatic signal selection made by the
module for data acquisition and processing.
„
AUTO SEARCH — Search all leads for optimum
signal. Displays the message “Signal Search” in the
parameter window.
„
SIGNAL 1 to SIGNAL 4 — Select to switch the vector
designation to a specific lead.
BEAT AVERAGE Select the number of heart beats that are averaged. When
monitoring begins, beat averaging begins at 10, 20, 30 and
60 beats. The averaging remains at 60 beats unless a new
value is selected. The smaller the number selected, the
more likely the data will be affected by artifact. The higher
the number selected, the more the beat average will be
smoothed out with minimum fluctuation.
CHANGE NORMALS Select the normal range for the parameters.
CHECK LEADS Check for lead failures.
Option Function
Message Cause Solution
ENTER REQUIRED ICG PATIENT INFO
Required patient information missing or
incorrect.
Enter the required patient information.
ENTER PATIENT WEIGHT
ENTER PATIENT HEIGHT
ENTER PATIENT AGE
ENTER PATIENT SEX
PATIENT WEIGHT OUT OF RANGE
PATIENT HEIGHT OUT OF RANGE
PATIENT AGE OUT OF RANGE
SERVICE MODULE Hardware failure. Contact service.
RIGHT THORACIC LEAD FAIL
Lead failure.
Check patient and sensor.
LEFT THORACIC LEAD FAIL
RIGHT NECK LEAD FAIL
LEFT NECK LEAD FAIL
CABLE DISCONNECTED
Hardware or lead failure.
SIGNAL SEARCH