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 according to the diagram on the screen.
Start with the Right Leg (labelled either RL or N) electrode 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.
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.
