User`s guide
Glossary-4
pediatric criteria: The interpretive rules used when analyzing ECGs of per-
sons aged 15 years or younger.
pre-acquisition: Term for acquiring ten seconds of ECG before the operator
presses the key.
preview screen: the LCD display screen that shows the ECG traces as they
will appear on the printed ECG report.
rhythm strip: the ten second recording of a particular lead that is printed at
the bottom of an Auto ECG report. (See Manual ECG and Auto ECG)
SCP: Standard Communications Protocol, a data transmission standard, as
described in the European Committee for Standardization, Standard Commu-
nication Protocol - Computer Assisted Electrocardiography, (CEN/TC 251).
softkeys: the labels or commands assigned to the function keys. The softkeys
appear at the bottom of the front panel display, and are executed when the cor-
responding function key is pressed. These keys are noted in this manual as
softkeys.
standard leads: the conventional twelve lead set order is I, II, III, aVR, aVL,
aVF, and V1 through V6.
Welsh cups: reusable chest electrodes held in place by suction cups. Limb
plate electrodes are used on the arms and legs when Welsh cups are used on
the patient’s chest.
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