Contents 3
Selecting the Primary and Secondary ECG Leads ---------------------------- 6-8
Checking Paced Status --------------------------------------------------------------- 6-9
Understanding the ECG Display -------------------------------------------------- 6-10
Monitoring Paced Patients ---------------------------------------------------------- 6-11
Optimizing Lead Selection for Paced Patients ---------------------------- 6-11
Changing the Size of the ECG Wave -------------------------------------------- 6-12
Choosing EASI or Standard Lead Placement --------------------------------- 6-13
Derived 12-lead ECG----------------------------------------------------------------- 6-14
Hexad -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-14
EASI ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-14
ECG Configuration -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-15
ECG Leads Monitored --------------------------------------------------------------- 6-16
Reconstructed Leads ----------------------------------------------------------------- 6-18
Chest Electrode Placement --------------------------------------------------------- 6-19
3-Wire Placement --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-20
5-Wire Placement (Standard) ------------------------------------------------------ 6-21
5-Wire Placement (EASI) ----------------------------------------------------------- 6-22
6-Wire Placement --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-23
Selecting Positions of Va and Vb Chest Leads --------------------------- 6-23
6-Wire Placement (Hexad) ---------------------------------------------------------- 6-24
Monitoring during Leads Off -------------------------------------------------------- 6-25
ECG Fallback ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-25
Relearning -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-25
ST/AR Arrhythmia Monitoring ------------------------------------------------------ 6-27
ST/AR Arrhythmia Algorithm --------------------------------------------------- 6-27
Indications for Use ------------------------------------------------------------- 6-27
How the ST/AR Algorithm Works --------------------------------------------- 6-27
Aberrantly-Conducted Beats ------------------------------------------------ 6-28
Atrial Fibrillation Alarm -------------------------------------------------------- 6-28
Intermittent Bundle Branch Block ------------------------------------------ 6-29
ECG and Arrhythmia Alarm Overview --------------------------------------- 6-29
Using ECG Alarms --------------------------------------------------------------- 6-30
Extreme Alarm Limits for Heart Rate -------------------------------------- 6-30
Arrhythmia Alarm Settings --------------------------------------------------- 6-31
Yellow Arrhythmia Alarms ---------------------------------------------------- 6-31
Viewing Arrhythmia Waves -------------------------------------------------- 6-32
Arrhythmia Beat Labels ------------------------------------------------------- 6-32
Enhanced Arrhythmia Chain ------------------------------------------------- 6-33
Basic Arrhythmia Chain ------------------------------------------------------- 6-34
Learning ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-34
Learning Phase ----------------------------------------------------------------- 6-35
Single Lead Analysis ---------------------------------------------------------- 6-35
Multilead Analysis -------------------------------------------------------------- 6-35
Multilead Analysis With Changes in One Lead ------------------------- 6-35