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Chapter 3 Admit and begin monitoring
To enter patient information
1. If prompted, press
and then press
If the keys are locked, simultaneously hold down
2. Scroll the patient list, and take one of these steps:
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•
3. If you did not enter a patient ID/name and room number, take these steps:
a. Write down the patient name, ID, room number and the four-digit serial number
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. (Optional) Customize alarm limits using patient monitor keys or the Alarms Setup
window at the Acuity Central Station. See
page 46.
to highlight the unit in which the patient will be monitored,
to select it.
If you see the patient's ID/name, select it, and then select the patient's room
number. The patient is confirmed at the Acuity Central Station.
If you do not know the patient's room number, choose Select room at Central.
If you do not see the patient's ID/name, choose Select patient at Central.
that is in the upper right corner of the Micropaq monitor screen.
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.
Welch Allyn Acuity Central Monitoring System
and
to release the menus.
"Adjust a patient's alarm limits"
on
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