Welch Allyn 1500 Patient Monitor v.1.4.X - User Manual - Manual (Page 55)

Directions for use Monitoring and Measurements 51
Main menu Parameter Description
Setup Arrhythmia
(continued) Trigeminy Alarm Level (High, Medium, Low, Off), Print on
alarm Yes/No.
Tachycardia Tachycardia 150 to 250 (180) Alarm Level (High,
Medium, Low, Off), Print on alarm Yes/No.
Bradycardia Bradycardia 20 to 100 (45) Alarm Level (High,
Medium, Low, Off), Print on alarm Yes/No.
Pause Alarm Level (High, Medium, Low, Off), Print on
alarm Yes/No.
Irregular (irregular rhythm) Alarm Level (High, Medium, Low, Off), Print on
alarm Yes/No. This is an irregularity in the R to R
interval over a series of at least 16 non-
ventricular beats. The number of beats analyzed
is given in options.
Non-capture (pacemaker
non-capture) Alarm Level (High, Medium, Low, Off), Print on
alarm Yes/No. This is for pacemaker patients
with the analyze pacers option enabled (see
options below) - a beat does not directly follow a
pacer.
Options Irregular Limit Yes/No, set limit between 45 and 120 (45)
Single ECG Yes/No, select lead I , II, III, or V. Select this
option to analyze one ECG lead.
Pacer Display Yes/No displays pacer pulses relative to time but
not representative of either amplitude, duration
or polarity.
Analyze Pacers Yes/No enables non-capture (see above).
Arrhythmia OFF Sets all alarms to off except VFib, Asystole and
VTach which remain set at the highest alarm
level.
Presets Resets all arrhythmia settings to the default.
ST / ARR Relearn Approximately 15 - 20 complexes are used to set
the parameters (duration, amplitude, etc.) for
Arrhythmia analysis. Select this option to
redefine the template used.