Philips TeleMon B M2636B Service Manual page 100

Safety Information
9-2 Safety and System Specifications
Warning Warning
Certain failure conditions, such as extended short circuiting, can cause a battery
to overheat during normal use. High temperatures can cause burns to the
patient and/or user, or cause the battery to flame. If TeleMon becomes hot to
the touch, unplug the AC power, turn the device off, and place it aside until it
cools. Then remove and discard the battery. It's a good idea to place a piece of
tape across the contacts of the battery to prevent inadvertent shorting. Have
TeleMon operation checked by service to identify the cause of overheating.
Warning Warning
Failure on the part of the responsible individual hospital or institution
employing the use of this equipment to implement a satisfactory maintenance
schedule may cause undue equipment failure and possible health hazards.
Warning Warning
If TeleMon is out of antenna range, there is no local indication at TeleMon of
this state. No signal will be received at central, and the message NO SIGNAL
will be displayed at the central.
Warning Warning
Cycling power repeatedly when the battery is critically low may harm TeleMon
or the transmitter. If the battery is critically low, do not attempt to cycle power
(reboot) the monitor until the either the battery has been replaced or AC power
has been applied.
Warning Warning
Non-supplied accessories and supplies may corrupt the performance of the
equipment. Use only EC-12 compliant electrodes with this device. Use of
electrodes that are non-compliant may provide erroneous results.
Warning Warning
Some pace pulses can be difficult to reject. When this happens, the pulses are
counted as a QRS complex, and could result in an incorrect HR and
misdetection of cardiac arrest or some arrhythmias. Keep pacemaker patients
under close observation.