Philips V24CT, V26CT manual Reserving a Channel, Below the alarm and Inop messages

Reserving a Channel

Attaching the Patient

this message stays as long as the ECG module is not plugged in.
Prompt and status messages are displayed either in the appropriate Task
Window, or at the top of the Main Display screen, depending on the
operating level.
On the Main Screen display the prompt and status messages are shown	Started
below the alarm and INOP messages.
Prompt messages appear for 3 seconds.	Getting
In the Task Window the prompt and status messages remain until the
Status message are displayed in rotation for 3 seconds each.
appropriate user action is performed.
A parameter module may be turned OFF, but left in the rack. The empty
channel where the waveform should be still appears on the Main Screen.
There is no waveform, waveform label, or numeric. Another wave may
use its screen channel temporarily, but will be discarded as soon as the
assigned wave is reactivated.
This ensures that particular waveforms can always be allocated to the
same place on the Main Screen, and avoids inconsistencies in the
waveform display of different patients in the same department.
Note—If trend data for this patient is to be collected, old data from a
previous patient should be deleted. The old data will be automatically
deleted if the monitor has been shut off for three hours or more. See
“Discharging a Patient/Ending a Case” on page 7-9 for more information.

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