GE ApexPro Operator's Manual page 100

Managing patients
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NOTE
If the message, Server off network is displayed, the Hospital Information
System (HIS) is either not available or not present.
3. Review the displayed list of patients and demographic information to find the
demographic information that matches the patient you are admitting.
4. When the demographic information from the list does not match your patient,
click Clear. You must now manually enter the patient demographic information.
See To manually enter the patient demographic information on page 6-14.
5. When demographic information from the list matches your patient, complete the
following steps:
a. Click on the patient to highlight it.
b. Click Select to retrieve the demographic information.
WARNING
INCORRECT ALGORITHMS, ARRHYTHMIA PROCESSING,
AND CALCULATIONS BASED ON PATIENT AGE—After
manually updating or automatically retrieving patient demographic
information from a network database, always confirm that the
entered patient's date of birth matches the patient's actual date of
birth. Otherwise the appropriate age-related algorithms, arrhythmia
detection, and calculations will not be applied.
c. Verify you selected the correct information by reviewing the displayed
demographic information.
i. When this is the correct demographic information, go to
number on page
ii. When this is not the correct demographic information, click Clear.
iii. Repeat step 2
To manually enter the patient demographic information
Complete the following procedure to manually enter patient demographic information
into data entry fields or select options from a list:
NOTE
Patient information entered here may be truncated on the CIC Pro center display
based on limitations of the associated monitoring device.
1. Under Last Name, type the patient's last name.
2. Under First Name, type the patient's first name.
3. Under Patient ID, type the patient's medical record number (patient
identification number).
4. Under Age, click the down arrow to display the list of age ranges. Choose the
patient's age range from the displayed list.
ApexPro™
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to step 5 of this procedure.
Enter the bed
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