Counting Mode
To enter
Counting Mode
, press the START button.
When the Apgar Timer begins counting, the display counts upwards from 00:00 in
1-second intervals up to a maximum of 1 hour (59:59 on display), it will then enter
Standby Mode
automatically.
Whilst counting, the timer will indicate the Apgar scoring intervals with audible beeps:
1 minute:
1 beep
5 minutes:
2 beeps
10 minutes:
3 beeps
Freeze Mode
It is possible to freeze the display whilst the actual time continues to count in the
background; this is to allow for recording the time from the start of the
counting cycle of a particular event.
To enter
Freeze Mode
, press the FREEZE button.
Whilst the display is frozen, the colon (:) continues to flash.
Freeze Mode
can be exited and
Counting Mode
resumed by pressing the
START or FREEZE button.
Upon unfreezing, the Apgar timer will continue counting, resuming from the
ongoing total elapsed time.
Should an Apgar scoring interval be reached whilst the Apgar timer is in
Freeze Mode
, the timer will beep as it would in
Counting Mode
to indicate
that interval, but will remain in
Freeze Mode
until exited by the user.
Reset Function
The
Reset Function
allows the timer to be reset and placed back into
Standby Mode
.
Press the RESET button to reset the timer.
