Welch Allyn 6000 Series Connex Vital Signs Monitor - User Manual - Manual (Page 132)

6. Touch the Home tab.
The new alarm settings take effect immediately.
NIBP measurement
The monitor enables you to take manual and automatic NIBP measurements.
WARNING NIBP readings may be inaccurate for patients experiencing
moderate to severe arrhythmia.
WARNING Do not allow a blood pressure cuff to remain on neonatal
patients more than 90 seconds when inflated above 5 mmHg. Do not allow
a blood pressure cuff to remain on the adult patients more than 3 minutes
when inflated above 15 mmHg. Excessive cuff tightness may cause
venous congestion, peripheral nerve injury, discoloration of the limb, and
patient distress.
WARNING Inaccurate measurement risk. Pulse rate measurements
generated through the blood pressure cuff or through SpO2 are subject to
artifact and might not be as accurate as heart rate measurements
generated through ECG or through manual palpation.
WARNING Use caution when measuring blood pressure using
oscillometric blood pressure devices in severely ill neonates and pre-term
infants because these devices tend to measure high in this patient
population.
CAUTION Inaccurate measurement risk. Any external compression of the
blood pressure hose or cuff may cause system errors or inaccurate
measurements.
At the start of a measurement, the monitor inflates the cuff to the appropriate level. In
the NIBP frame, the systolic display shows the cuff inflation pressure while the blood
pressure measurement is in progress.
The monitor measures blood pressure as the cuff is inflating. If patient movement,
excessive noise, or an arrhythmia prevent the monitor from determining the blood
pressure while the cuff is inflating, the monitor attempts to measure the blood pressure
while deflating the cuff.
When the measurement is complete, the NIBP frame displays the measurement until
you save it to the patient's record or you start another NIBP measurement.
Note The Pediatric and Adult blood pressure modes are supported on patients 29
days and older. The Pediatric mode gives you the option of setting a lower
initial inflation pressure when using the StepBP deflation and not SureBP.
Note Use dual-lumen tubes for adult and pediatric blood pressure measurements
and single-lumen tubes for neonate blood pressure measurements.
Mismatching tube types, patient types, and algorithms causes an
information message to appear in the Device Status area. For neonate
patients, set the NIBP settings as follows: Patient = Neonate, Tube type =
1 tube, Algorithm = Step.
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