Product Manual

SECTION 3

Patient Demographic Entry

Patient demographic information can be entered before acquisition. The entered patient ID fields will remain

populated until you acquire the ECG; however, if you disconnect the leads from the patient, turn off the

electrocardiograph, or change a configuration setting before acquisition, the patient information will be cleared.

To access the patient demographic data entry menu, press F1 (ID) from real-time ECG view. Use the appropriate

function key to select the desired study group. The patient demographic labels available are determined by the ID

format selected in the configuration settings. In addition to short or long patient ID formats, the device also supports

a custom ID format. The custom format, designed in ELI Link or an E-Scribe™ data management system, can be

downloaded to the device. Additional information about the custom ID can be found in Appendix A, or in the ELI

Link and E-Scribe user manuals.

Patient demographic entry can be completed manually or automatically using an existing patient record in the

directory. To manually enter the patient demographics, use Enter, Tab, F1 (▲), or F2 (▼) to move to each data

entry field. To enter gender, use F3 (►) to move through the options, or type F or M from the keyboard to change

the gender to female or male. The patient’s date of birth should be entered whenever possible to ensure

interpretation (if set in configuration settings) is as complete as possible.

NOTE: If no age is entered before acquiring an ECG, the interpretation will default to a 40-year old male.

The statement “INTERPRETATION BASED ON A DEFAULT AGE OF 40 YEARS” will be added to the

interpretation text.

NOTE: If an age of zero (0) is used, the interpretation will default to a 6-month old infant. The statement

“INTERPRETATION BASED ON A DEFAULT AGE OF 6 MONTHS” will be added to the interpretation

text.

NOTE: Where global measurement values are not available (i.e., rate, interval, axis), text such as ‘- -‘ or

‘*’ or similar will display/print for the unavailable value.

NOTE: Where mandatory fields have been selected (i.e., Name, ID or Tech Initials), the required field will

be highlighted in red.

When done, select F6 (Done). Skipped fields will appear as a blank field on the header of the ECG printout.

To automatically populate the demographics using an existing patient record, select F5 (Dir) from the ID screen.

Use F1 (▼/▲) to navigate by line down the directory list; use 1' (Shift), F1 (▼/▲) to move up. Similarly, use

F2 (▼▼/▲▲) to page down the directory list; use 1' (Shift), F2 (▼▼/▲▲) to page up. To quickly select a

patient name, use the keyboard to enter the first few letters of the last name. The letters will be displayed in the

lower left corner of the display screen and the desired name will automatically be highlighted. Once the desired

name is highlighted, press F3 (Selec) and the patient ID screen will return with all demographic fields populated.

Return to real-time ECG view by selecting F6 (Done).

TIP: Automatically populating demographic fields via the directory is only possible when the ID formats

are the same between records.

NOTE: A password may be required in order to enter the ECG directory. Obtain the password from the

department Administrator.

NOTE: A red ID label indicates there are no entries in the ID demographics, or a required field is missing

from the selected patient demographics.