Managing Patients And Monitoring; Admitting A Patient - GE Portrait Hub01 User Manual

Managing patients and monitoring

Admitting a patient

To start monitoring, you must first admit the patient to the Central Viewer. Admitting
assigns a patient to a patient slot.
1. Select an available patient slot in the Multiple Patient View. Available patient slots
display Admit Patient.
The Admit Patient window appears. The room and bed number of the selected
patient slot appear in the header. To change the room and bed, close the window
and select the slot assigned to the desired room and bed.
2. Complete the Admit Patient information.
First name: Maximum length 30 characters.
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Last name: Maximum length 30 characters.
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Patient ID 1: A site-specific patient identifier. Consult your site policy regarding
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the use of this field. The name of the Patient ID 1 field can be changed during
the system configuration.
Patient ID 2: A site-specific patient identifier. Consult your site policy regarding
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the use of this field. The name of the Patient ID 2 field can be changed during
the system configuration.
Date of birth: The date of birth of the patient. Enter the day and the year,
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and select the month from the drop-down list. A default alarm profile is
automatically selected based on the date of birth entered.
Sex: The gender of the patient.
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Profile: The alarm profile to use for this patient. If needed, you can change or
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select a profile here. If the calculated age of the patient is less than three years
old, a warning message is displayed and a profile is not chosen automatically
because the monitoring system is not intended for patients younger than three
years old and weighing less than 10 kg. Once the Admit Patient information is
submitted, the alarm profile cannot be changed.
WARNING
Pacemaker: The pacemaker indication for the patient. If Yes is selected, a
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pacemaker indicator
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INCORRECT ALARM PROFILE. Make sure that you enter
the correct date of birth for the patient to ensure a
correct alarm profile. A wrong alarm profile may result
in false or missing alarms.
will display with the patient data.
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