Operator's Manual Part 2

11-10 ApexPro Telemetry System Revision D
2001989-134
ECG Monitoring: Special Considerations for 6-Lead Monitoring
Special Considerations for 6-Lead Monitoring
V FAIL Message
CAUTION
The clinical information center does not detect 6-lead
monitoring until a signal from the sixth lead is received
at the clinical information center. Therefore, if the sixth
lead on the ApexPro transmitter has failed before the
telemetry patient is admitted to the clinical information
center, the clinical information center will NOT generate
a V FAIL message for the sixth lead.
At the patient’s ApexPro transmitter, verify that the sixth lead on the
ApexPro transmitter is good. Press the Verify Leads button on the
ApexPro transmitter and ensure that all the good lead LEDs illuminate.
(Refer to Chapter 3, Equipment Overview, for button and LED locations.)
Relearn
If a telemetry patient is switched from 6-lead monitoring to 5-lead
monitoring while ADMITTED to the clinical information center, a V
FAIL message will appear. The clinical information center “assumes”
that the telemetry patient is being monitored for six leads and that the
sixth lead has failed.
In situations where the admitted telemetry patient has been switched
from 6- to 5-lead monitoring, the associated V FAIL message can be
cleared by clicking on the Relearn button in the telemetry patient’s ECG
tab sheet. (Refer to the ECG Tab Sheet section in this chapter for
information about the Relearn button.)