User Manual

INTRODUCTION
PatientNet Operator’s Manual, v1.04, 10001001-00X, Draft 15
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INTRODUCTION
The PatientNet
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System is intended to collect and analyze patient data from ECG
ambulatory transceivers, leading manufacturers’ bedside monitors, and ventilators
anywhere in a healthcare facility and distribute the data to locations throughout the
facility.
With OpenNet
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technology, a hospital can connect bedside monitors from other ven-
dors to the network. This allows standardization of display and distribution of patient
information and may allow the use of existing equipment.
PatientNet software provides multi-lead arrhythmia analysis, user-configurable ST
analysis, trend data, and a complete repository of monitored data. The PatientNet
software version 1.04 supports the Wireless Medical Telemetry Services (WMTS)
devices. The WMTS devices allow for the monitoring of over a thousand patients, as
well as seamless roaming with the Access Points.
The following optional features are available:
• sending alarm information immediately to caregivers via the hospital’s paging
system or a stand-alone paging system
• linking to the hospital’s existing network so that patient data can be viewed at
any PatientNet Viewer
• accessing patient data using web browser-equipped computers on-site, and
using the Internet off-site
Getting Started
The PatientNet System is intended for use in a hospital or clinical setting by trained
and authorized personnel who are acting on the orders of a physician. The purpose of
the system is real-time monitoring of adult patients over an extended period of time.
Before you use PatientNet to observe patient vital signs, make sure of the following:
• you have read the Statement of Clinical Use and Responsibility in this manual.
• you have read the Cautions and Warnings at the front of this manual.
• you have received training on the equipment from authorized personnel.
• you are familiar with the medical terminology associated with monitoring
critical care patients.
• you are familiar with the bedside monitoring devices.
• you or another person have programmed the transceiver as instructed in this
manual, or the transceivers were previously programmed.
• you or another person have attached electrodes to the patient as instructed in
the Skin Preparation and Lead Placement section of the manual.