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Vital Signs Monitor
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Vital Signs Monitor Operations Manual
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Alarms
Alarms may be delayed in certain circumstances. See time to alarm
sections in individual parameter chapters.
Alarm conditions for which you want to be alerted must be set to ON or
enabled.
To protect the patient’s safety, do not silence, suspend, or disable
audible alarms without providing continuous, direct observation of the
patient.
Disabling alarm tones at a monitor eliminates alarm tones for all alarm
conditions at that monitor, even in the case of life-threatening events.
Note:
Refer to the
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Vital Signs Monitor Supplies and Accessories data sheet
(P/N 061-2193-00) for the part numbers and descriptions of additional parts
and accessories.
Electrodes, Lead Wires, Sensors, and Sensor Cables
Carefully route all cables between the patient and the monitor to reduce
the possibility of patient entanglement or strangulation.
Signals resulting from devices such as Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators
(ICD) may momentarily blank the ECG waveform rather than display an
out-of-range signal. In such cases it may not be apparent that the ICD
has triggered and the condition of the patient should be checked. In all
instances of the ICD being triggered, the monitor will redisplay the ECG
waveform within five seconds.
Use only ECG monitoring cables and safety lead wires designed to
protect against accidental connection to electrical power cords or outlets.
Failure to do so may result in adverse health consequences or death.
To ensure against any possibility of electric shock, do not touch lead
electrodes or the monitor during defibrillation.
Defibrillators and Pacemakers
ECG detection circuitry may continue to count the pacing rate during
occurrences of cardiac arrest or some arrhythmias. Do not rely entirely
upon ECG rate alarms. Keep patients with pacemakers under close
surveillance.
Use the pacemaker manufacturer's performance analyzer as the primary
means of evaluating pacemaker operation.
While pacemakers are being programmed, the programming device may
suppress the ECG waveform, preventing QRS detection and rate
counting. This may result in an erroneous asystole alarm.
1.6.2 Cautions
The
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Vital Signs Monitor may not operate properly if it is stored, or
operated, at conditions outside the ranges stated in this manual or
datasheets, or if the monitor is subjected to excessive mechanical shock.
When connecting the
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Vital Signs Monitor to any instrument, verify
proper operation before clinical use. Both the
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Vital Signs Monitor
and the instrument must be connected to a grounded outlet.
Accessory equipment connected to the
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Vital Signs Monitor's data
interface must be certified according to IEC 60601-1 for electromedical
equipment or IEC 60950 for data-processing equipment. All
