Strip Chart Recorder; The Strip Chart Recorder - Arrow AutoCAT 2 Series Operating Manual

3 . P r i n c i p l e s o f O p e r a t i o n
3 . 1 : O v e r v i e w o f t h e A u t o C A T ® 2 S e r i e s

Strip Chart Recorder

A strip chart recorder is located on the front of the console. This dual-channel
annotating recorder uses 50mm-wide thermally sensitive paper and will record up to two
waveforms simultaneously: ECG, AP and Balloon Pressure. Bars across the top of the
recorder strip show assist intervals. The patient's assisted and unassisted hemodynamic
data is also recorded, along with current alarm messages, IAB volume, operations mode,
timing mode, assist ratio, trigger mode, assist markers, ECG source, AP source,
AP/BPW scale, AP alarm status and date and time. The recorder can be turned on or off
at any time during operation. Certain alarms (discussed further in Section 3.3)
automatically trigger the strip chart recorder to print approximately the last seven
seconds of the Balloon Pressure and AP waveforms and the patient hemodynamic data,
current alarm message, trigger mode, operations mode, timing mode, AP alarm status,
assist ratio, balloon volume, ECG lead, timing settings, date and time. The recorder may
be pre-programmed to automatically print approximately seven seconds of waveforms
and data at 2 min., 15 min., 30 min., 60 min., 2 hr. or 4 hr. intervals.
Figure 3.6: The Strip Chart Recorder

Strip Chart Recorder

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