GE B20 User Manual page 52

Entering patient data
When you admit a patient, you must enter all relevant data:
Admit/Discharge
1. Press the
2. Choose the Patient Type (The option A/P means Adult/Pediatric,
the option NEO means Neonatal).
3. Enter patient name, ID by selecting the letters or numbers,
pushing to confirm and turning the Trim knob to the following
character selection.
4. Select Demographics, enter Height, Weight and Age. The BSA is
automatically calculated.
5. If necessary, change the user mode: Press the
Discharge
key and select Select Mode.
Modes are preconfigured but if desired, they can be changed.
Changing the modes is described briefly in
setup."
NOTE: Changing the mode also changes settings, such as the alarm
limits. For the details of factory default settings, see the "Default
Configuration Worksheet".
The monitor automatically reconfigures the display when module
are inserted. Reconfiguration of the display may take up to five
seconds.
and select Admit Patient.
Admit/
"Modifying the screen
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Loading patient data
If the patient has already been admitted on the same monitor, press
Admit/Discharge
and select:
• Contin. Previous
Select this to load the most recent patient trends from the monitor
memory when less than 15 minutes has elapsed from the turn-off.
NOTE: This selection is available if the patient case is already
admitted on this monitor.
NOTE: When powering off the monitor, alarm history, patient data
and monitor settings will be retained for 15 minutes. After 15
minutes all the information will be lost.