BeneVision N1 Patient Monitor Operator’s Manual 3 - 11
If your monitor is connected to a central monitoring system (CMS) or hospital clinical system (HIS), the date and
time are automatically taken from the CMS. In this case, you cannot change the date and time from your
monitor.
• Changing the date and time affects the storage of trends and events and may result in loss of data.
3.8.2 Adjusting the Screen Brightness
To adjust the screen brightness, follow this procedure:
1. Access Display in either of the following ways:
◆ Select the Screen Setup quick key → select the Display tab.
◆ Select the Main Menu quick key → from the Display column select Display.
2. Set the Brightness. If Brightness is set to Auto, the monitor automatically adjust the screen brightness
according to the ambient light.
3.8.3 Adjusting the Key Volume
To adjust the key volume, follow this procedure:
1. Select the Main Menu quick key → from the Display column select Display.
2. Set the Key Volume.
3.9 Starting Monitoring a Patient
After turning on your monitor, follow this procedure to monitor a patient:
1. Admit the patient.
2. Check patient settings. Make sure that alarm limits, patient category and paced status, and so on, are
appropriate for your patient. Change them if necessary.
3. Perform desired measurements. For more information, see corresponding measurement chapters.
3.10 Stopping a Parameter Measurement
To stop monitoring a parameter, follow this procedure:
1. Remove corresponding sensor from the patient.
2. Disconnect the sensor from the patient cable.
3. Disconnect the patient cable from the parameter connector.
4. If you are using the disposable sensor, discard it.
3.11 General Operation
This section describes the operations that are generally used when monitoring a patient.
3.11.1 Switching On or Off a Parameter
You can manually switch on or off a parameter when its module is connected. To do so, follow this procedure:
1. Access Parameters On/Off by any of the following ways:
◆ Select the Screen Setup quick key → select the Parameters On/Off tab.
◆ Select the Main Menu quick key → from the Parameters column select Parameters On/Off.
2. Switch on or off desired parameters.
When a parameter is switched off, the monitor stops data acquisition and alarming for this measurement.