Delphi II DL-00035 Medical Alarms User Manual


 
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DL-00035 Rev. 4
PRECAUTION:
•TOOBTAINACCURATEBLOODPRESSUREREADINGS,KEEPTHE
LIMB AND THE CUFF AS STILL AS POSSIBLE.
•NON-INVASIVEBLOODPRESSUREMEASUREMENTSMAYNOT
BEACCURATEIFTHEPATIENTISCONVULSIVE,EXPERIENCING
TREMORS,ORISDEFIBRILLATEDDURINGTHEMEASUREMENT.
10. PULSE OXIMETRY PRECAUTIONS:
•READINSTRUCTIONSPROVIDEDWITHTHEPULSEOXIMETRY
SENSOR TO UNDERSTAND THE BEST APPLICATION TECHNIQUE
AND ALL RELEVANT SAFETY INFORMATION.
•DONOTAPPLYTHEPULSEOXIMETRYSENSORONTHESAMELIMB
ASTHENON-INVASIVEBLOODPRESSURECUFF.DURINGBLOOD
PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS, THE PERFUSION IS TEMPORARILY
REDUCED,WHICHCANRESULTININACCURATEPULSEOXIMETRY
READINGS.
•BRIGHTLIGHTCANCREATEPROBLEMSWITHTHEPULSEOXIMETRY
MEASUREMENTS,RESULTINGININACCURATEPULSEOXIMETRY
READINGS.IFTHESENSORISINAPLACEWHEREITMAYBE
EXPOSEDTOBRIGHTLIGHT,COVERTHESENSORWITHSOME
OPAQUEMATERIALTOBLOCKTHELIGHT.
•PULSEOXIMETRYREADINGSMAYBEINACCURATEINTHEPRESENCE
OF TOO MUCH MOTION OR IF THE PATIENT HAS TREMORS. IF
QUESTIONABLEREADINGSAREOBTAINED,RE-CHECKTHEVITAL
SIGNSBYALTERNATEMEANSBEFORETAKINGMEDICATION.
11.
SHOULDTHEACADAPTER’SGREENLIGHTNOTREMAINONWHILE
PLUGGEDINTOANACOUTLET,REPORTTHEPROBLEMTOYOUR
CLINICIAN AND DISCONTINUE MONITOR USE UNTIL THE PROBLEM
CAN BE IDENTIFIED AND CORRECTED.
12.
YOUSHOULDNOTRELYSOLELYONTHEMONITORREGARDING
WHENTOTAKEMEDICATIONS.YOUSHOULDCONSULTYOUR
PHYSICIANBEFORETAKINGANYPRESCRIPTIONORNON-
PRESCRIPTIONMEDICATIONORCHANGINGANYMEDICATION
REGIMENS.VITALPOINTISINTENDEDASAREMINDERSYSTEMONLY.