Welch Allyn VSM 300 Series Installation guide

VSM 300 Series Training Handbook

Contents
Introduction Page 1
Start Up Page 3
VSM Buttons Page 4
Patient Type, Target Pressure & Temperature Mode Page 5
Configuration Menu & Volume of SpO2 Pulse Tone Page 6
Batch Printing & Limits Page 7
Alarm Suspend Page 8
NIBP Page 9
SpO2 Page 10
Temperature Monitoring Page 11
Review Button, Nurse Call, Erasing Data & Cleaning Page 15
Error Codes Page 16
VSM Competency Checklist Page 17
VSM Competency Test Page 19
VSM Answer Sheet Page 23
VSM Answers & Contact Details Page 25

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Introduction

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Light Weight and Durable
• Weighs approx 5 lbs
• Made of heavy plastic
Battery
• Sealed Lead Acid battery 6 V.
• Battery life provides approx 8 hours of continuous monitoring of BP,
Temperature and SpO2
• The battery charges to 90% of capacity in 12 hrs
• The VSM should be charging, unless it is being used
Low Battery Warning
• See battery indicator on front panel when the unit is turned on.
• When battery is LOW, a warning tone sounds and the low battery
indicator flashes. (to avoid shutdown, plug in and connect the AC
power)
• When the low battery indicator comes on, there is enough charge
remaining in order to perform at least ONE of the following functions over the
next hour:
- 20 NIPB cycles
- 30 Minutes of SpO2
- 20 Temperatures
- A single printing of 99 stored data sets

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The VSM runs a self check on powering up. You will see 888 in various
parameter windows.
Start Up

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VSM Buttons
Buttons on the front of the VSM300 face plate as listed:
• Turn the VSM on by pressing the on/off switch
• Diagnostics screen
• Review
• Auto
• B/P Start/Stop
• Limits Suspend
• Up/Down arrows
• Menu
• Print
Each time you press the menu button, it will scroll through a series of
menus which you can select to change. These include:
Patient type - Target Pressure - Temperature Mode - SpO2/HR Tone
volume

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Patient Type
This allows you to choose:
ADULT (ages over 13 years)
PAEDIATRIC (ages 29 days - 12 years)
NEONATE (ages < 28 days)
Press the up/down arrows until you reach the selected mode
NOTE: Age group icon on the left above on/off button
Neonatal Paediatric Adult
To set the displayed new values, don’t do anything for 10 seconds.
Target Pressure allows you to change the initial cuff inflation pressure preset
for each age group. (This is the nominal starting point, if it is too low to take a
measurement, the monitor takes another using a higher initial pressure)
• Press arrow to make changes to the target pressure
• To set the displayed new values, don’t do anything for 10 seconds
Temperature Mode allows you to choose:
• F Fahrenheit Predictive: 15 second Adult Axillary & 10 second Paediatric
Axillary
• F M Fahrenheit Monitored: 3 minute oral, 5 minute axillary, 3 minute rectal
monitored temperature
• CCelsius Predictive: 15 second Adult Axillary & 10 second Paediatric Axillary
• C M Celsius Monitored 3 minute oral, 5 minute axillary, 3 minute rectal
monitored temperature
Press the arrow to choose the temperature mode you want
To set the displayed new values, don’t do anything for 10 seconds

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Configuration Menu
This menu allows you to make changes such as:
• Time & Date
• Hour (0 - 23 or 1 - 12)
• Minute
• Year
• Month
• Day
• MAP Measurement, enabled/disabled. The MAP value will be displayed in
the message window
• Blood Pressure (measurement units in mmHg or kPa)
• Print Mode:
- Batch will print all data in memory up to 99 cycles
- Stream prints results as soon as each cycle is finished
To Change a Configuration Parameter
• PRESS and HOLD the MENU button down for 3 or more seconds.
• PRESS the MENU button repeatedly until you reach the parameter you wish
to change
• Now PRESS until you reach the value you wish to change the parameter to
Changing the Volume of the SpO2 Pulse Tone
The pulse tone can be set from level 00 (volume off) to 05 (volume on full)
• PRESS the MENU button repeatedly until VOLUME appears & the pulse tone
sounds continuously
• PRESS the UP or DOWN arrow depending on whether you want to
raise or lower the volume.

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•To set the displayed new values, don’t do anything for 10 seconds or press
any button other than the or arrows. (Changing the volume of the
pulse tone has no effect on the volume or alarm tones)
Selecting Stream or Batch Printing (if applicable)
• PRESS and HOLD the MENU button for 3 seconds until a message appears
on the window that reads PRINT BATCH or PRINT STREAM
• PRESS THE arrows to alternate between display, print batch, print
stream
• To set the displayed new values, don’t do anything for 10 seconds or press
any button other than the or keys
Limits
This feature allows you to make changes to the high & low alarm limits for
the following vital signs:
• Systolic HIGH & systolic LOW
• Diastolic HIGH & diastolic LOW
• Pulse rate HIGH & pulse rate LOW
• SpO2 HIGH & SpO2 LOW
• MAP HIGH & MAP LOW (if applicable)
Follow these steps to make changes to the limits:
• PRESS LIMITS button
• For the selected vital sign, do one of the following:
- Leave the limit unchanged or
- Press as needed to change the limit to another value or (--)
to disable the alarm.
• The alarm parameter you are changing, such as HR HIGH, is displayed in
the message window
• PRESS the LIMITS button to accept alarm limit & advance to next
vital sign