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Virtual monitor – Welch Allyn Acuity and Mobile Acuity LT Central Monitoring Systems - User Manual User Manual

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Chapter 2 Acuity System overview

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Virtual Monitor

An Acuity System Virtual Monitor represents a patient monitor and the information
obtained from the monitor. The appearance and button sequences can differ from the
actual patient monitor.

Options or monitor functions that are not available are shown in faint gray type.

A. CO

2,

IPI

MCO

2

indicates mainstream CO

2.

SCO

2

indicates sidestream CO

2

. IPI indicates

Integrated Pulmonary Index and displays when the IPI feature is enabled on the
Welch Allyn 1500 Patient Monitor.

B. Bells

Bells appear in larger numeric zones.

Solid bell indicates that all of this vital sign’s alarm limits are set.

Half-shaded bell indicates that some of this vital sign’s alarm limits are set.

Bell missing from larger numeric zone indicates that none of this vital sign’s
alarm limits are set.

C. Numerics

Up to eight labeled numeric displays

D. Buttons

Buttons are visible when the pointer is within the window. Options or monitor
functions that are not available or active are shown in faint gray type.

Setup: Opens setup windows for Patient ID, Alarms, Printouts, Waveform
Window, Arrhythmia Alarms, and ST Analysis.

Review: Opens review windows for Graphical Trends, Tabular Trends/Events,
Waveforms, Arrhythmia Events, and OxyCRG.

Suspend: Suspends an audible alarm tone for 90 seconds.

Snapshot: Prints a snapshot at the Acuity Central Station printer.

E. Patient mode/messages

Alarm and alert messages replace patient mode indicator.

F. Patient/monitor status icon

Patient/monitor status icon. For details about all status icons, see

“Status icons”

on page 137

.

G. Waveforms

Up to three waveform display areas

For patient monitors that include Masimo SpO

2

measurement capabilities,

indicator beneath SpO

2

wave is Signal IQ

TM

. For more information, refer to Masimo

Corporation literature.

F. Patient/

monitor

status icon

D. Buttons

B. Bells

C. Numerics

A. CO

2,

IPI

H. ECG lead

E. Patient
mode/
messages

I. Color indicates status.

G. Waveforms