Welch Allyn Acuity Directions For Use Manual page 40

36 Chapter 3 Admit and begin monitoring
To enter patient information
1. If you see the CONFIRM PATIENT? prompt, follow the prompts.
For instructions, see
2. If the monitor displays a choice of units, scroll to highlight the unit in which the patient
will be monitored, and then touch Select.
A patient list appears.
3. Scroll the patient list, and take one of these steps:
• If you see the patient's ID/name in the patient list, take these steps:
a. Highlight the patient, and then touch Select.
b. If you know the patient's room number, highlight the number, and then touch
• If you do not see the patient's ID/name in the patient list, highlight Select patient at
Central, and then touch Select.
4. Along the top of the Propaq CS monitor screen, verify that the patient mode matches
the patient's age (Adult, Pediatric or Neonate).
If the patient mode does not match, touch SETUP, MORE, CHANGE, and then touch
the appropriate mode.
5. If you did not enter a patient ID/name and room number, 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
6. (Optional) Customize alarm limits using patient monitor keys or the Alarms Setup
window at the Acuity Central Station. See
page 46.
"To respond to the CONFIRM PATIENT? prompt"
A room list appears.
Select. The patient is confirmed at the Acuity Central Station.
If you do not know the patient's room number, highlight Select room at Central,
and then touch Select.
serial number that is under the handle of the Propaq CS monitor.
confirmation.
At the central station, the patient map icon remains in the yellow ID or RM
unconfirmed state until the ID and room are confirmed.
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
"Adjust a patient's alarm limits"
on page 29
on