Welch Allyn 6000 Series Connex Vital Signs Monitor - User Manual - Manual (Page 133)

Note Welch Allyn uses the following definition of Neonate: Children 28 days or
less of age if born at term (37 gestation or more); otherwise, up to 44
gestational weeks.
Take a manual NIBP measurement
WARNING Patient injury risk. Never install Luer Lock connectors on Welch
Allyn blood pressure cuff tubing. Using these connectors on blood pressure
cuff tubing creates the risk of mistakenly connecting this tubing to a
patient's intravenous line and introducing air into the patient's circulatory
system.
CAUTION Inaccurate measurement risk. Any external compression of the
blood pressure hose or cuff may cause system errors or inaccurate
measurements.
1. Properly size the blood pressure cuff and position it around the patient’s bare upper
arm.
2. Touch to take a measurement.
Cancel a measurement that is in progress
Follow these steps to cancel any NIBP measurement that is in progress.
On the Home tab, touch .
The monitor rapidly deflates the cuff, and the screen displays the NIBP cancellation
message.
Interval NIBP measurement
The monitor can take NIBP measurements automatically based on intervals you choose.
The Intervals tab provides all interval features.
From this tab, you can do the following:
•
Configure intervals
• Turn off intervals
• Configure the monitor to print automatic measurements as they are completed
When the measurement is complete, the NIBP frame displays the measurement until
the next measurement starts.
Note In the Intervals Monitoring profile, each time automatic interval
measurements are saved, manual parameter and predictive temperature
measurements are cleared from the screen. When you manually save any
patient measurements in this profile, all patient measurements are cleared
from the screen.
Directions for use Patient monitoring 127