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Directions for use
Dismiss a CHECK PATIENT HR/PR alert
A patient monitor uses a single lead to calculate heart rate, and an Acuity System with an
Arrhythmia Analysis option uses more sophisticated arrhythmia analysis algorithms.
Thus the patient monitor and Acuity Central Station heart rate readings for the same
patient can differ. Differences mostly occur in response to these conditions:
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Rare ECG morphologies, such as "tall 'T' waves"
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Certain paced rhythms
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Noise or artifact
If the patient monitor displays a higher heart rate, it can present a heart rate alarm that the
Acuity Central Station does not present.
If this condition occurs for a defined period, the patient's Acuity System Virtual Monitor
might display a silent equipment alert (as defined by your system administrator) to inform
you of the monitor alarm.
If the heart rate alarm stops at the patient monitor, the Acuity System dismisses this
message.
Note
To dismiss a CHECK PATIENT HR/PR alert
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Click DISMISS.
The patient's Virtual Monitor and Waveform Window return to the green, "patient
monitoring OK" state.
You can attempt to reduce erroneous or nuisance heart rate alarms if the patient
monitor is a Propaq LT, CS or Encore. For instructions, see
Chapter 5 Respond to alarms and alerts
Table 14
on page 156.
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