Using the Pulse Companion
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Armband Placement
For the most accurate readings, wear
the armband on the upper forearm,
biceps or triceps snug enough to not
move on your arm, but
NOT
so tight
that it restricts circulation.
Figure 9
You should now have the armband fitted on the user and the Pulse Companion paired
correctly and configured with suitable thresholds. The light on the Pulse Companion will
be blinking green every 4 seconds and the monitor name will appear on the pager screen
every 8 seconds.
If the armband now sends out a heart rate reading that is above or below the configured thresholds the
Pulse Companion will raise an alarm, indicated by the status LED flashing red every second, the pager will
alarm “
Urgent
”.
When you attend to the user, press the •
•
• button to “Disarm” the alarm for the “Disarm Time”
(default = 10 minutes), this will temporarily reset the pager alarm.
To resume monitoring, press the •
•
• button again, ensuring that the Pulse Companion LED is flashing
green every 4 seconds.
PLEASE NOTE:
As a safety feature, after the “
Disarm Time
” period
has expired, monitoring will resume automatically.
If, when the monitoring resumes the heart rate
reading is still outside of the thresholds, the alarm
will be resent to the pager.
3
Bicep
2
Tricep
1
Upper Forearm
(recommended placement)
Alarm Code
Description
Urgent 00
BPM = 0 / invalid
Urgent 01
BPM below threshold
Urgent 02
BPM above threshold
