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WAS-3019

Medical Book Card

User’s Guide

Medical Book System

MBS

The Washington Manual

Summary of Contents for WAS-3019

Page 1: ... WAS 3019 Medical Book Card User s Guide The Washington Manual ...

Page 2: ... DN to see the locations of the matches 5 Press ENTER to see a match or press MENU to see the matches listed on the menus 6 To expand the search press MORE 7 To clear the search press CLEAR To Use the Menus 1 Press MENU and highlight the Outline menu or the Index menu 2 Highlight an entry by typing its name or pressing or 3 Press ENTER 4 Select subitems if needed by highlighting them and pressing ...

Page 3: ...OK SYSTEM or of the preprogrammed data stored therein whether in electronic or print format Such copy ing would be in violation of applicable copyright laws Further you may not modify adapt disassemble decompile translate create derivative works of or in any way reverse engineer the MEDICALBOOK SYSTEM You may not export or re export directly or indirectly the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM without compliance...

Page 4: ...y Guide 4 Installing Book Cards 5 Selecting a Book 5 Changing the Settings 6 Viewing a Demonstration 6 Using the Outline 7 Using the Index 8 Searching for Words 9 Highlightig Search Words 11 Expanding Your Searches 11 Reading Special Markers 12 Using Notes 13 Looking Up Words in Other Book Cards 14 Resetting the Platform 15 Book Card Care 15 Specifications and Patents 16 FCC Notice 16 Limited Warr...

Page 5: ...nt of Medicine including valuable in put from the internal medicine housestaff at Barnes JewishHospital Allofthematerialinthiseditionhas beenextensivelyrevisedtoensurethatitisconsistent with current medical practice In addition a new chapter on allergy and immunology has been added Thematerialonmedicalemergencieshasagainbeen placed in a separate chapter to facilitate rapid access to critical mater...

Page 6: ...space At menus and text pages down At menus displays the title of a high lighted item With CAP types an asterisk to stand for letters in a word At text displays the current Out line location of the text Direction Keys Pages up or down Moves the cursor text or highlight Key Combinations BACK Goes to the top level of a menu from a lower level CARD Transfers a highlighted word between installed book ...

Page 7: ...moving Book Cards CAUTION When you remove a book card from a platform user entered in formation in that book card will be erased If you have installed two book cards in the platform you can select which book you want to read 1 Turn the platform on 2 Press CARD 3 Use or to highlight the book you want to use 4 Press ENTER to select it Selecting a Book Auto Shutoff and Auto Resume If the platform shu...

Page 8: ...ers appear on screen The default state sets the screen that appears when CLEAR is pressed The shutoff time sets how long the Medical Book System platform stays on if no one turns it off 1 Press MENU 2 Use the arrow keys to highlight Set Type Size Set Default State Set Shutoff or Set Contrast on the Setup menu 3 Press ENTER 4 Use or to change the setting and then press ENTER Or press BACK to leave ...

Page 9: ...ndicates a sub menu To type a number hold and press a numbered key To delete a letter press BACK You can also highlight a menu item by using or 4 Press ENTER to select it Note You can go directly to the text by holding and pressing ENTER 5 Highlight a subchapter e g Cystic Fibrosis and then press ENTER 6 Highlight a section e g Diagnosis and press ENTER 7 Use DN or SPACE to scroll 8 To go to the n...

Page 10: ...e appendices e g Appendix C Drug Interactions of the Washington Manual can be found at the bottom of the Outline menu To go to the bottom of the Outline menu hold CAP and press You can quickly find a specific topic by selecting it from the Index 1 Press CLEAR 2 If needed press MENU and high light the Index menu 3 Start typing a word or phrase e g Ulcerative colitis You do not need to type spaces T...

Page 11: ... your search words e g pleural effusion You do not need to type capitals or punc tuation To delete a letter press BACK 3 Press ENTER to search This is the Outline location of the first match of your search words Searching for Words Viewing Abbreviation Meanings Abbreviations e g DNA CF appear throughout the text of this book To view the meaning of an abbrevia tion first press ENTER to start a high...

Page 12: ...and press Use to highlight a match and then press ENTER Searching for Words Searching for Words 4 Press ENTER to view the match Your search words are boxed 5 To view other matches if any first hold and press DN or UP to view the Outline locations of the matches and then press ENTER to view a match 6 Press MENU to view the matches listed on the menus Afterawordsearch onlymenuitemswith matches are l...

Page 13: ...f any 6 Press MENU to see the menu items with matches 7 Press CLEAR when finished Highlighting Search Words Expanding Your Searches You can expand a word search up to three times to find inflections synonyms and similar words 1 Press SEARCH yellow 2 Type a word and then press ENTER For example enter diabetes 3 Press MORE red to expand the search 4 Press MORE red up to two more times to find more m...

Page 14: ...on as matches are found at any level de scribed above Pressing MORE red continues the search to the next level and finds additional matches if any The number of matches found at a given search level may be less than at the previous level Expanding Your Searches This book contains cross references indi cated by s footnotes indicated by etc and bibliographic references indicated by s Cross reference...

Page 15: ... note title type up to 24 characters and then press ENTER to cancel hold and press BACK Finding and Reading Tables Another way to view tables in this book is to use the Outline menu First select a chapter from the Outline menu and then scroll down or type ta ble until the table titles for that chapter appear Then highlight a table and press ENTER to view it Tables in this book are arranged as bul ...

Page 16: ...n other in stalled book cards Using Notes The Medical Book System platform ena bles you to look up a word from one in stalled book card in another installed book card This book card can send words to and re ceive words from other book cards Some book cards are not able to transfer words To learn if a book card can send or receive words read its User s Guide 1 Install two book cards in the platform...

Page 17: ...ently press the reset button on the back of the platform The reset button is recessed in a pin sized hole located near the book card slots CAUTION Pressing the reset button with more than light pressure may per manently disable it If nothing happens try Step 3 3 Remove and reinstall the batteries To learn how read the Medical Book System platform s User s Guide Resetting the Platform Book Card Car...

Page 18: ... can be re estab lished by pressing the reset key ON OFF or by removing replacing batteries Limited Warranty outside U S This product excluding batteries is guaranteed by Franklin for a period of one year from the date of purchase It will be repaired or replaced with an equivalent product at Franklin s option free of charge for any defect due to faulty workmanship or materials Products purchased o...

Page 19: ...ANY IM PLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FIT NESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE SHALL BE STRICTLY LIMITED IN DURATION TO THAT OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY SET FORTH ABOVE THAT IS ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF ORIGINAL RETAIL PURCHASE THE WARRANTY AND REMEDY SET FORTH ABOVE ARE THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY OF THE RETAIL BUYER AND END USER IN CONNECTION WITH THE MANUFACTURE SALE OR USE OF THIS PRODUCT AND ARE IN LIE...

Page 20: ...television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the d...

Page 21: ...19 Appendix Figures 13 1 27 1 and 27 2 cannot be clearly translated into PDF Please refer to the print product to view them ...

Page 22: ...11 Figures 13 Finding abbreviation meanings 9 appendixes 8 Outline location 8 tables 13 FOOT marker 12 Function keys 4 Green SPEC key 8 Help messages 6 Highlighting menu items 7 special markers 12 words 11 Key combinations 4 LIST blue key 13 Medical Book System Web site 2 Misspellings correcting search words 10 MORE red key 11 NOTE marker 14 Notes deleting 14 finding 14 Outline finding appendixes ...

Page 23: ...ds 10 Shutoff time 6 SPEC green key 8 Special markers reading 12 13 Tables 12 13 Tutorial 6 Type size 6 Viewing cross references 12 demonstration 6 figures 13 help messages 6 tables 13 Web site 2 Word searches understanding 12 Words highlighting 11 XREF marker 12 Yellow SEARCH key 9 11 Index FRB 28513 00 P N 7201652 Rev A ...

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