EDAN iM80 User Manual - page 58
Patient Monitor User Manual Managing Patients
- 47 -
Chapter 6 Managing Patients
6.1 Admitting a Patient
The monitor displays physiological data and stores it in the trends as soon as a patient is
connected. This allows you monitor a patient who is not yet admitted. It is however important to
admit patients properly so that you can identify your patient on recordings, reports, and
networked devices.
During admission you enter data that the monitor needs for safe and accurate operation. For
example, the patient category setting determines the algorithm the monitor uses to process and
calculate some measurements, the safety limits that are applied for some measurements, and the
alarm limit ranges.
To admit a patient, please:
1. Selelct the Admission key on the screen or.
2. Select Menu > Patient Setup > New Patient, then a message is displayed to ask the user to
confirm to update patient.
3. Click on No to cancel this operation; click on Yes, the Patient Info window is displayed.
4. Enter the patient information:
Serial No: Enter the patient’s medical record number (MRN), for example 12345678.
Last name: Enter the patient’s last name (family name), for example Smith.
First name: Enter the patient’s first name, for example Joseph.
Gender: Choose Male or Female.
Type: Choose the patient type, either Adult, Pediat, or Neonat.
BloodType: N/A, A, B, AB and O.
Pace: Choose On or Off (You must select On if your patient has a pacemaker).
Date of Birth: Enter the patient’s date of birth.
Date of Admission: Enter the patient’s date of admission.
Height: Enter the patient’s height.
Weight: Enter the patient’s weight.
Doctor: Enter any extra information about the patient or treatment.
5. Select Exit.
6.1.1 Patient Category and Paced Status
The patient category setting determines the algorithm the monitor uses to process and calculate
some measurements, the safety limits that are applied for some measurements, and the alarm limit
ranges.
The paced setting determines whether the monitor shows pacemaker pulses or not. When Pace is
set to Off, pace pulses are filtered and therefore do not show in the ECG wave.