Moving A Patient To A Different Bed; Move A Patient To A Different Bed - GE ApexPro Operator's Manual

Moving a patient to a different bed

Move a patient to a different bed

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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.
4. Click Save.
You can move a patient to another bed in the same care unit.
The following guidelines apply when moving an in-unit patient between locked and
unlocked beds:
You can move an unlocked bed to another available unlocked bed.
You can move a locked bed to another available locked bed.
You can move an unlocked bed to an available locked bed.
NOTE
You cannot move a patient to an unlocked bed if an empty patient window is not
available. When the message Change disallowed - patient would be
unmonitored displays, you will not be allowed to move the patient.
Complete the following procedure to move an in-unit patient to a different bed:
1. From the multi-patient viewer, click on the patient you want to move. The single
patient viewer displays.
2. From the single patient viewer, click Admit to display the Admit window.
3. Click on the down arrow next to Bed to display a list of available beds. Choose
the bed you want to move the patient to:
Make sure the bed is on the network.
When the bed is a telemetry bed, select the bed name with an asterisk
appended to the name (e.g., ICU4*).
When the bed is a monitor, select the bed number identifying the monitor.
4. Click Move to move the patient to the bed you selected. The message Are you
sure you want to move this patient? displays.
5. Verify you are moving the correct patient:
When this is the patient you want to move, click Yes.
When this is not the patient you want to move, click No to cancel this action
and display the multi-patient viewer.
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