TROUBLESHOOTING
What if …
Try this …
The desired measured values do
not appear on the screen?
•
Check that you have selected the parameter in the digit or waveform field. Press the
ComWheel to open
Main Menu
. Select
Monitor Setup
and
Screen Setup
.
The monitor does not start?
•
Connect the power cord to the power supply. The monitor will not start on battery power.
•
Check the fuses. Replace if necessary.
ECG
signal is noisy, or no QRS is
detected?
•
Ensure that the patient is not shivering.
•
Select the correct filter by pressing
ECG
and selecting
ECG Setup
and
Filter
.
Monit
filters artifacts produced by the electrosurgery unit and respiration.
Diagn
gives more information about the wave, but is susceptible to high frequency artifacts
and baseline wander.
STfilt
gives more information about the ST segment. Filters the high frequency artifacts but
catches slow changes in the ST segment. Susceptible to baseline wander.
•
Check electrode quality and positioning. Avoid placing over body hair, bones close to skin,
layers of fat and major muscles. Pre-gelled electrodes are recommended.
•
Change lead.
•
Enlarge the size from 1.0 mV to 2.0 mV.
Respiration
measurement fails?
•
Check electrode quality and positioning as above.
•
Adjust the detection limits. During ventilator-supported breathing the resp calculation may
count only ventilator-produced inspirations and expirations.
Other electrical devices may interfere with the measurement.
Invasive blood pressure
readings are
unreliable?
•
Make sure that there are no air bubbles in transducer system. Flush and zero.
•
Place transducer on patient’s mid-heart level, and zero.
SpO
2
signal is poor?
•
Make sure that the patient is not shivering.
•
Check sensor placement.
•
Be aware of differences caused by skin pigment.
•
(Standard pulse oximetry only) Change averaging time from slow to normal.
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