Reserving A Channel - Philips V24CT User's Reference Manual

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
below the alarm and INOP messages.
In the Task Window the prompt and status messages remain until the
appropriate user action is performed.
Reserving a
A parameter module may be turned OFF, but left in the rack. The empty
Channel
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—
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.
this message stays as long as the ECG module is not plugged in.
Prompt messages appear for 3 seconds.
Status message are displayed in rotation for 3 seconds each.
If trend data for this patient is to be collected, old data from a
Attaching the Patient
Getting Started 2-9