Welch Allyn Acuity Directions For Use Manual page 39

Directions for use
To enter patient information
1. Specify whether existing patient data will be saved.
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If the keypad, display or backlight is locked, simultaneously press
2. Select the unit in which your patient will be monitored.
A patient list appears.
3. Scroll the patient list, and take one of these steps:
• If you see the patient's ID/name, take these steps:
a. Select the ID/name.
b. Select the patient's room.
• If you do not see the patient's ID/name, take these steps:
a. Write down the patient's name, ID, room number and the last four-digits of the
b. Ensure that the information is delivered to the Acuity Central Station for patient
At the central station, the patient map icon remains in the yellow ID or RM
unconfirmed state until the ID and room are confirmed.
4. Along the top of the Propaq LT monitor screen, verify that the patient mode matches
the monitored patient's age (Adult, Pediatric or Neonate).
If it does not match, take these steps:
a. Select the current patient mode.
b. Select the appropriate patient mode, and then follow the prompts.
5. (Optional) Customize alarm limits using patient monitor keys or the Alarms Setup
window at the Acuity Central Station. See
page 46.
If the patient matches the name on the Propaq LT monitor screen, press an arrow
key to highlight Continue Patient, and then press
data is saved and a unit list appears.
If the patient does not match the name on the Propaq LT monitor screen, press
an arrow key to highlight Start New Patient, and then press
Patient data is cleared and a unit list appears.
A room list appears.
The patient is confirmed at the Acuity Central Station.
serial number that is on the back of the Propaq LT monitor.
confirmation.
WARNING When a patient is connected to a monitor, ensure that the default
alarm limits are appropriate for the patient. The system uses Acuity System
Presets values for Arrhythmia Analysis and ST Analysis limits and monitor default
values for all other limits (if the monitor can save default values).
Before you set customized alarm limits for a patient, confirm the patient's ID and
room number. Otherwise, customized limits might be lost.
Chapter 3 Admit and begin monitoring
to select it. The patient's
"Adjust a patient's alarm limits"
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