Welch Allyn CP150 Spirometry - Quick Reference Guide - Manual (Page 8)

6. Touch the (Next) button.
7. Touch the View or Incentive button to select the display information that you want
to view during the test.
a. Modify the View settings as desired:
• View Flow/Volume. (View FV curve)
• View Volume/Time. (View VT curve)
• View Flow/Volume and Volume/Time. (View FV & VT)
• View Parameters.
b. Modify the screen settings as desired:
• Incentive screen
• Curves screen
8. When the patient is ready, touch the Start pre #1 button to perform the spirometry
test.
Note Coach the patient through the effort.
The device stops automatically when air stops moving (that is, when the ATS end-of-
test criteria are met).
9. (Optional) touch the Stop button when the test has been completed.
10. Decide whether to accept the effort.
Note After each effort, a quality message appears on this screen,
such as "Blast out harder", “Don’t hesitate,” “Blow out
longer,” or “Good effort.”
11. Touch the Accept button to save the pre test and continue or touch the Reject
button.
If the test is accepted or rejected, the next pre-test will increment in number. Even if
some efforts were deleted, the test record indicates the patient’s total number of
efforts.
12. Continue with pre-test efforts, when finished touch the Pre-test done button to
accept the pre-tests.
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