Mindray ePM 10M, Operator'S Manual

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5
Managing Patients
5.1 Discharging a Patient
Before monitoring a new patient, discharge the previous patient. After the patient is discharged, the technical
alarms is reset, and monitor settings return to their defaults. For more information, see
6.4 Setting Default
Configuration .
After a patient is discharged, the monitor automatically admits a new patient.
WARNING
•
Always discharge the previous patient before starting monitoring a new patient. Failure to do so can
lead to data being attributed to the wrong patient.
5.1.1 Manually Discharging a Patient
To manually discharge a patient, choose any of the following ways:
■
Swipe down the touchscreen with two fingers.
■ Select the
Discharge Patient
quick key.
■ Select the patient information area at the top left corner of the screen
→
Discharge Patient
.
■
Select the
Patient Management
quick key
→
Discharge Patient
.
■ Select the
Main Menu
quick key
→
from the
Patient Management
column select
Discharge Patient
.
Select the desired item from the popup box:
■
Print End Case Report
: prints the end case report when the patient is discharged.
■
Discharge
: clears the waveform data of the current patient. The monitor loads the default configuration
and goes to the standby mode. The current patient becomes a discharged patient.
■
Clear Patient Data
: discharges the current patient and clears the waveform data. The monitor still uses the
current configuration and does not go to the standby mode. The current patient becomes a discharged
patient.
5.2 Admitting a Patient
The monitor admits a new patient in the following situations:
■ After a patient is manually discharged, the monitor automatically admits a new patient.
■ After being switched off for the selected time period, the monitor automatically discharges the previous
patient and admits a new patient at startup.
■ If the monitor has not detected certain patient vital signs (ECG, SpO2, PR, RR, NIBP) for 30 minutes, you will
be prompted whether to start monitoring a new patient if any of the above vital signs are detected again.
Always inputs patient information as soon as the patient is admitted. For more information, see 5.3.2 Editing
Patient Information for details.