User Manual Part 5

50 Standalone Monitoring Welch Allyn Propaq LT Vital Signs Monitor
Preparing for a New Patient
To Begin Monitoring a New Patient
1. If the monitor is on, press to turn it off.
If prompted to save or delete existing data, highlight Delete and press . The monitor
deletes any saved data and temporary settings, and then shuts down.
2. Press to turn on the monitor.
• If the monitor holds stored data from the previously monitored patient, it displays
the “data saved” start-up screen (Figure 43, left):
Figure 43. Start-Up with Saved Data
• If the data from the previously monitored patient was deleted on shut-down, the
“no data saved” start-up screen appears (Figure 44):
Figure 44. Start-Up with No Saved Data
3. Highlight Start New Patient and press . The first configured data display appears
(Figure 45).
In place of a patient name, ID: is followed by a string that is generated by the monitor
when you select ‘Start New Patient’. This AutoID string, a combination of serial
number, time, and date, is unique to each new patient, and identifies the patient until
you supply the patient identification data.
Select ( ) to delete data
Select ( ) to delete data
and start a new patient.
and start a new patient.
Portland Westside Hospital
Portland Westside Hospital
Emergency Department
Emergency Department
Note!
Note!
There is patient data stored for
There is patient data stored for
Hall, Robert E. ID: 3456187
Hall, Robert E. ID: 3456187
Start New Patient
Start New Patient
Continue Patient
Continue Patient
Info
Info
Demo
Demo
Select ( ) to Start a New Patient.
Select ( ) to Start a New Patient.
No data saved.
No data saved.
Start New Patient
Start New Patient
Info
Info
Demo
Demo
Portland Westside Hospital
Portland Westside Hospital
Emergency Department
Emergency Department