Smiths Medical 1850, Operation Manual

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Chapter 8: Operating Modes
Oximeter Clinician’s Operation Manual 8-7
Sleep Study Mode
While the monitor is in sleep study mode:
• Patient numbers and trend view are disabled.
• A new trend block is started each time the monitor is turned on.
• Trend data from the patient is stored and may then be output to
a PC.
• Following the header, the SpO
2
and pulse rate trend block is out-
put in ASCII as follows:
*************************
Sleep Study
SpO2 Pulse
97 67
98 69
98 71
98 71
*************************
Sleep Study
SpO2 Pulse
97 67
98 69
98 71
98 71
Each pair of data points represents a four second block of data. For each
trend block, the header “Sleep Study” appears preceding the trend
block, indicating that a break has occurred in the data.