Placing Calls - GE Telligence Patient-Staff Communications System Operation Manual

Chapter 3
Using staff consoles and annunciators

Placing calls

Figure 12: Room filters dialog box
Displays all rooms in the nurse call system
Displays the rooms and consoles in the duty areas covered
Displays the rooms and consoles in the Console's nursing unit
Displays the rooms and consoles in the Console's duty area
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To call a patient, dial the bed number. To call a nurse or other staff
member who may be in the room, dial the room number. If you
know the number, you can simply open the dial pad and enter it.
If you don't know the number, you can place the call by selecting the
bed or room from a list.
To dial a known number:
1. Select the Audio tab, then pick up the handset or press the Dial
Pad button. This opens the dial pad shown at left.
2. Enter the number.
Note: If you mistype a number or letter, press Clear, then enter it
again.
3. Press Connect on the dial pad.
To place a call by selecting the bed or room from a list:
To configure the call priorities for a specific staff or patient
station:
1. Select the Room List tab, then click the button labeled Showing.
This opens the dialog box shown below.
by the console
Filter labels are configurable.
The labels used on your
system may differ from
those shown here.
2. Indicate which rooms to display in the list by selecting one of
the check boxes, then click OK. This closes the dialog box and
populates the room list.
3. From the list, select the room or bed that you want to call.
4. Lift the handset.
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