Philips MP20/30 Manual De Usuario

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Use the Patient Demographics window and its associated pop-up keys to admit, discharge, and transfer 
(ADT) patients. 

All patient demographic and ADT information is shared between the patient monitor and the 
Information Center, for example, patients admitted to the monitor are automatically admitted to a 
connected Information Center. 

The monitor displays physiological data and stores it in the trends as soon as a patient is connected. 
This lets you monitor a patient who is not yet admitted. It is however important to admit patients 
properly so that you can identify your patient on recordings, reports, and networked devices. 

During admission you enter data that the monitor needs for safe and accurate operation. For example, 
the patient category setting determines the algorithm the monitor uses to process and calculate some 
measurements, the safety limits that apply for some measurements, and the alarm limit ranges.

To admit a patient,

Select the patient name field or select the 

 SmartKey to open the 

 window.

Clear any previous patient data by selecting 
the 

or

pop-up key and then 

. 

If you do not discharge the previous patient, 
you will not be able to distinguish data from 
the previous and current patients, for 
example, in the trend database.

Select 

.

Enter the patient information: select each 
field and use the on-screen keyboard or 
choose from the pop-up list of alternatives to 
input information. If a conventional 
keyboard or a barcode scanner is connected to the monitor you can use this to enter patient 
information.

–

: Enter the patient’s last name (family name), for example