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  • Page 1 Patient Instruction Manual...

  • Page 2: Contact Information

    CONTACT INFORMATION Return your monitor on: ------------ / ------------ / ------------ Did you receive your monitor at home? If you are receiving the monitor at home and require assistance, call Preventice Services at: 888.500.3522 Patient services Billing assistance 888.500.3522 (press 1, 1) 888.747.4701 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 8:00 a.m.

  • Page 3: Insurance Information

    INSURANCE INFORMATION On behalf of your physician, you are being provided with a heart monitor from Preventice Services. This test will be billed in two parts: 1. Your medical professional will bill your insurance for the in-office hook-up and the final reading of the test results. 2.
  • Page 4 INTRODUCTION Welcome to Your physician has prescribed you the BodyGuardian One heart monitor and monitoring center service provided by Preventice Services to detect irregular heart rhythms. You must wear the monitor for the length of time your doctor has prescribed. If you are receiving the monitor at home and require assistance, call Preventice Services at: 888.500.3522 For the manufacturer’s Instructions for Use, visit: www.preventicesolutions.com/docs/BGO-IFU.pdf The monitor cannot be worn while traveling on an aircraft.

  • Page 5: Monitor Batteries

    INTRODUCTION Equipment Ensure that the following equipment is included in the box. Monitor Monitor batteries ECG lead set touchscreen record button BodyGuardian One monitor ECG lead wires Battery charger Monitor case / belt clip Batteries (2) standard ECG electrodes Note: Your equipment may vary from the components pictured. Preventice reserves the right to modify, change, or discontinue products or accessories at any time.

  • Page 6: Getting Started

    GETTING STARTED Prepare your skin 1. If hair is present, remove the hair where you will place the ECG electrodes. See page 7 for chest locations. 2. Thoroughly clean the area with soap and water. Dry the area completely. 3. Do not apply lotions, oils, or perfumes. Attach electrodes to lead wires 1.
  • Page 7 GETTING STARTED Attach to your chest patient right patient left Remove the adhesive backing from each of the electrodes, then attach them to your chest: Black Attach aligned with the left side of the neck, two to three inches below the left collarbone. Attach below the black lead, under the breast to the outer ribcage.
  • Page 8 GETTING STARTED Route lead wires Insert battery into monitor around clothing Slide the battery cover off Insert one of the batteries Run the lead wires from at an angle so that the the back of the monitor. the electrodes neatly under battery contacts enter the your clothing to your belt compartment first.
  • Page 9 GETTING STARTED Charge the other battery 1. Place the other battery into the charger. Slide the cover 2. Plug the charger into a wall outlet. back onto the monitor. Drop the While charging, the charger displays either cover as pictured, a pink (charging) or blue (charged) light.
  • Page 10 GETTING STARTED Plug lead set into monitor 1. Plug the connector on the lead set cable into the monitor. The monitor will alert you with a beep when the lead set is securely plugged into the monitor. 2. On the touchscreen, a spinning circle displays. Do not touch the screen. MONITORING 3.
  • Page 11 GETTING STARTED Take an initial ECG recording If you see this screen . . . MONITORING At least 1 minute after the screen displays, you must take an initial ECG recording. This will start your monitoring service. MONITORING 1. Wait at least 1 minute after you first see the screen, then press / hold the red Record button for 3 seconds.
  • Page 12 GETTING STARTED Place monitor into belt clip Attach the belt clip to belt Slide the monitor into the belt clip. MONITORING All five leads must remain securely attached to your chest during your prescription.

  • Page 13: Daily Usage

    DAILY USAGE Recording your symptoms If you begin to feel symptoms related to the reason your monitor was prescribed, such as dizziness or shortness of breath: MONITORING 1. On the monitor, press and hold the red Record button for 3 seconds. 2.
  • Page 14 DAILY USAGE Replace the battery daily Replace the rechargeable battery in the monitor every 24 hours or when the low battery indicator alerts you. The monitor will alert you with a beep when the battery is low. 1. Remove the monitor from the belt clip. 2.
  • Page 15 DAILY USAGE Replacing the ECG electrodes Change the ECG electrodes every three days OR when they no longer adhere to the skin. 1. Remove the leads from the electrodes on your chest. If leads are detached for 10 seconds, the monitor will display CHECK ELECTRODES and send an alert (see Pg.

  • Page 16: Showering, Bathing, Swimming

    DAILY USAGE Showering, bathing, swimming BodyGuardian One is NOT waterproof. Keep the monitor away from water. Remove the monitor and the lead set wires when you bathe, swim or perform other similar activities, then re-attach lead wires afterwards. You do not need to remove the ECG electrodes. BodyGuardian One cannot be worn while undergoing an MRI.
  • Page 17 DAILY USAGE Turn off sound alerts Completing your prescription To change monitor settings, unplug the leadset At the end of your monitoring prescription, the monitor from the monitor, then tap the MENU button will display the screen. MONITORING COMPLETE on the touchscreen. Once your monitoring prescription is complete, follow the instructions on the next page for returning your To mute the sound alerts that occur when the leads are...

  • Page 18: Returning Equipment

    RETURNING EQUIPMENT Return your equipment immediately after your service ends If you are returning your equipment to your health care provider: 1. Follow the instructions provided by your health care provider. If you are returning your equipment to Preventice Services: 1.
  • Page 19 PATIENT SURVEY We appreciate your feedback. Please return this survey inside the box once your study is completed. This survey can also be completed online at: https://www.preventicesolutions.com/patients/patient-survey Patient name City State Doctor's office / hospital Contact me via: Phone My hook-up took place at: Home Physician's office Email...
  • Page 20 PATIENT SURVEY Excellent Average Poor applicable Rate your experience using the monitor and its accessories Setting up the monitor Wearing and charging the monitor Adherence and comfort of the ECG electrodes Shipment of supplies for the length of your study Comments I hereby authorize Preventice Solutions, Inc.

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