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Removing the Recorder from the Returning Patient and Loading from the
Recorder to Your Computer
1. Upon returning to your office, remove the battery cover from the back of the Holter
recorder, and remove the battery.
2. Make sure to discard the battery, since the recorder is designed for one new battery per
each recording.
3.
Warning: If you do re-use the battery, you will likely cause the recorder to stop
operating in the middle of recording your next patient.
4. Un-snap the Lead Wires from the electrodes, and disconnect the ECG cable from the
recorder.
5.
On your computer desktop screen, double-click the CardioScan Icon
6. ECG data can be downloaded from the Holter recorder in two different ways: 1)
remove
the SD card from the recorder and insert it into the SD card reader connected to your
PC or 2) plug the recorder into the HDMI-to-USB download cable connected to your
computer. The SD card can be accessed through the battery compartment. Push it in
to release it.
7.
In the upper left of the Holter program main menu display, click on the “New Patient”
button which will bring up the “Patient Data” display. [
WARNING: MAKE SURE YOU
CLICK ON “NEW PATIENT”. DO NOT CLICK ON “ENROLL”, AS YOU RISK
ERASING ALL ECG DATA FROM THE SD CARD YOU ARE TRYING TO
DOWNLOAD].
8.
If you pre-enrolled your patient, you should see the information that you have already
entered for the patient. If not, please enter the required information such as the
supervising physician, the referring physician, the patient name, the patient’s age, etc.
Please note that data fields such as date, time, and whether the patient has a
pacemaker will be automatically downloaded from the SD card based on the initial
settings selection.
9. After entering all of the patient information, click on the
“Next”
button. If you have filled
out something incorrectly, the computer will prompt you to fill in the applicable
information.
10. If you have not connected the SD card reader or your download cable correctly, you will
be prompted to insert the patient’s SD card. Please simply make sure that the SD card
