Graphing (Printing); Devices; Manual Graphs; Exclusive Graph Control - GE Medical Systems Dash 2000 Operator's Manual

Graphing (Printing)

Devices

Manual Graphs

Exclusive Graph
Control

Alarm Graphs

Revision C
You can print displayed information using the Dash 2000 monitor's built-in
writer or, via the network, using an optional writer and/or an optional laser
printer. This manual refers to a PRN 50 and direct digital writer (DDW) as
a writer and to a laser printer as a printer.
The writer may be the Dash 2000 monitor's built-in writer or a stand-alone
writer connected to another monitor. Your system may include one or more
central stations. Some central stations come equipped with a built-in
writer. A writer can also be connected to the central station. The optional
laser printer always connects to a central station.
Patient waveforms and most information windows can be printed. You
choose which waveforms you want to print, to which device you want to
print, a duration time, and the speed at which manual graphs are printed.
These menu options are all found in the Graph Setup menu. Refer to the
Monitor Setup chapter for details.
Waveforms and information windows are printed when the GRAPH GO/
STOP key is pressed. The message "GRAPHING MANUAL" or "PRINTING
WINDOW" is displayed when a manual graph is requested. There is a
setting in the Graph Setup Menu which allows you to set a time for how
long a manual graph runs (e.g., continuous, 20 seconds, etc.).
NOTES: A one millivolt ECG signal at normal (1X) size equals 10 millimeters
on the graph paper.
All waveforms on a graph strip begin with 10 seconds of delayed
data. The header information printed with the waveforms is real-time
data.
Once a manual graph is started, it can only be stopped from the same
source from which it was started or from the Graph Stop key on the writer.
This is to prevent two people at different sources starting a graph at the
same time, which results in one turning the graph on and the other turning
the graph off.
A graph strip is automatically printed when a Crisis or Warning alarm
occurs. An arrhythmia alarm graph will run until a normal sinus rhythm is
again detected or you manually stop the graph. Any other alarm graph runs
for 20 seconds or until you manually stop it.
NOTE: To convert an arrhythmia alarm graph to a manual graph, you must
stop the graph using the Graph Stop key on the writer and
immediately restart the graph.
In Operating Room mode and Neonatal-ICU mode, the alarm graphing
default is off, in Adult ICU mode, it is on. There is a menu option in the
Graph Setup menu (ALARM GRAPH) to turn this feature on and off. This
can be saved as a Monitor Default.
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