The Patient Number should be a unique number that identifies the patient. If possible, it would be good to use the same patient number used in your EMR system.
The External Patient Number can be used if you wish to include a patient number that is used by another organisation.
Patient demographic information is used for the automatic interpretation of the ECG results. For accurate results, enter all of the patient's details.
Press OK to save the results. The patient file will be shown.
5. If the ECG device is properly connected, a patient diagram will be displayed. If you do not see the patient diagram, please follow the directions on-screen to connect your ECG device.
6. Connect all patient electrode leads to the patient.
Start with the Right Leg electrode (labelled either RL for Right Leg in American AHA or N for European IEC labelling standard) as this is the primary lead for checking signal quality. The bars under the patient image will show signal quality from each lead – green is best.
If any of the bar graphs appear in yellow (improve if possible) or red (improvement necessary), check electrode contact on that individual lead to improve the connection. If all leads are showing in yellow or red (in a semi-uniform pattern), it is necessary to check the RL / N electrode for contact issues. RL / N doesn't have its own bar graph because all leads are affected when there are connectivity issues with the RL / N electrode.
7. Click the big Start Auto button. This button will be disabled if any leads are not connected properly.
You can also use the red start button to start the test, though you must make sure that the blue bar above the timer has reached the end or there will be no interpretation performed on the ECG. This allows you to monitor the patient prior to saving the last 10 seconds of captured ECG trace.
8. The ECG will automatically complete in 10 seconds, then show the review window.
