User Manual

ARRHYTHMIA ANALYSIS
PatientNet Operator’s Manual, v1.04, 10001001-00X, Draft 53
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Bedside Arrhythmia Source
Some bedside monitors can perform arrhythmia processing and generate their own
arrhythmia alarm calls. You can elect to have the system use such bedside monitors for
arrhythmia processing and the Central Station’s arrhythmia processing will be turned
off for that particular channel. To do so, set the patient’s alarm source to bedside and
set arrhythmia/ST to ON on the Alarm Source popup described on page 116.
Arrhythmia alarms are called regardless of whether arrhythmia is ON or OFF on the
Central Station when arrhythmia is processed by the bedside monitor.
The Central Station displays and prints ST digital data, % paced digital data, and PVC
count for bedside arrhythmia source patients (if these parameters are supported by the
bedside monitor).
BEDAR appears in the patient block of bedside source patients, and BEDARR
appears on printouts, history and full disclosure.
Central Arrhythmia Source
If the patient’s alarm source is set to Central and Arrhythmia/ST is ON (see page 116),
the Central Station performs all arrhythmia processing.
Arrhythmia Turned Off
You can set Arrhythmia/ST to OFF in the Alarm source popup. AROFF appears in the
patient block, and ARROFF appears on printouts, history and full disclosure.
When Arrhythmia/ST is set to OFF:
• the system does not perform arrhythmia processing.
• zero rate alarm is called in place of arrhythmia alarms.
• annotations are not present in Full Disclosure.