Cardionet 1001 User Manual
Patient Information Guide
CardioNet Home Ambulatory Cardiac Monitor
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC
Rules. Operation is subject to the following two
conditions (1) This device may not cause harmful
interference and, (2)This device must accept
interference received including interference that
may cause undesired operation.
CardioNet Inc.
510 Market Street
San Diego, CA 92101
T el. 619. 243.7500
Fax. 619. 243.7700
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Copyright 2002
All rights reserved.
Document Number - 100132
Revision C
Model Number 1001
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T able of Contents
1. Introduction............................................................. 1
How the CardioNet Service Works........................................................ 2
The CardioNet Monitoring Kit................................................................ 4
Who to Call for Help.............................................................................. 8
2. Setting Up................................................................ 9
Connecting At Home........................................................................... 10
Checking Battery Power ..................................................................... 12
Staying in Range ................................................................................ 12
Limitations of cell phone coverage ...................................................... 12
Wearing the CardioNet Sensor........................................................... 14
Placement of Lead Wires and Pads.................................................... 15
3. Using the Monitor ................................................. 17
Keep the Monitor On........................................................................... 18
Navigating the Screens....................................................................... 20
Record a Symptom............................................................................. 23
When Y ou Are Without Cell Phone Coverage ...................................... 26
Changing Monitor Options .................................................................. 27
Checking Monitor Status..................................................................... 29
View the Cell Signal Status................................................................. 31
Warnings and Alarms.......................................................................... 32
4. Care for the Sensor .............................................. 33
Changing Electrode Pads................................................................... 34
Placing the Leads and Pads .............................................................. 37
Showering or Bathing ......................................................................... 38
Changing the Battery .......................................................................... 40
Turn Off the Monitor............................................................................ 40
Replace The Battery ........................................................................... 40
5. T roubleShooting ................................................... 41
Responding to Warnings and Alarms .................................................. 43
Precautions ........................................................................................ 47
A. Specifications....................................................... 51
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Introduction
We Help Find Answers
1. Introduction
The CardioNet Service was developed to help
doctors detect and treat heart problems that may
not happen often enough to be found during a
routine ECG in the physicians office, since an
in-office ECG may only monitor the heart for ten or
fifteen seconds. By monitoring heart rhythms
continuously, we can help physicians detect
problems that may occur infrequently perhaps
only once or twice a week even while you are
asleep.
Our goal at CardioNet is to work as a team with
patients and physicians to help people receive the
best possible care. We are honored that we were
chosen to serve you.
The CardioNet
Service monitors
your heart rhythms
continuously. This
helps your doctor
detect problems that
occur infrequently,
even while you
sleep.
CardioNet works
with you and your
physician.
How the CardioNet Service Works
1. Introduction
Lightweight Sensor
monitors each
heartbeat.
CardioNet Monitor
sends heart data to the
CardioNet Center
Patient Wears CardioNet Sensor
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Introduction
When youre using the CardioNet Service, youll
wear a small, lightweight Sensor. The Sensor
monitors each heartbeat and sends data to the
portable CardioNet Monitor.
The CardioNet Monitor can be tucked away in a
pocket or purse. It sends wireless
communications to the CardioNet Center
automatically when it detects an event or when
you report an event, using the touch screen on
the Monitor.
At the CardioNet Service
Center, which operates 24
hours a day, seven days a
week, specially trained
cardiac technicians analyze
your heart data and report
results to your physician.
The CardioNet Service Center Monitors Heart Data
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Your physician reviews the
results, discusses results
with you and prescribes or
adjusts treatment.
Your Physician Reviews The Results
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The CardioNet Monitoring Kit
To avoid extra charges,
return all kit items
except used batteries
and used electrode
1. Introduction
pads to CardioNet
when service is
completed.
1. CardioNet Monitor
The CardioNet Monitoring Kit contains the
supplies you will need while you are on the
CardioNet Monitoring Service. If any items are
missing or broken, or if you have any questions
about how to use them, please call the
CardioNet Service Center at 1-866-426-4401.
When service is ended, please return all the
items to their labeled slots and send the kit
back to the monitoring center, following the
directions on the enclosed return address label.
It is important to return the patient supply kit
no later than the very next day. Other patients
need to use the equipment, which is in limited
supply.
Y our Service Kit contains
1.The CardioNet Monitor
This portable device constantly monitors
your heartbeat and sends information to
The CardioNet Service Center, through
wireless communication when you are away
from home, or through the regular phone
system when the monitor is placed in the
CardioNet Base Station. You will not be
charged by the telephone company for calls
made by your monitor. Please handle the
CardioNet Monitor with care dont drop it,
lose it, or get it wet. Its expensive to
replace.
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2.The CardioNet Base Station
The CardioNet Base Station is connected to
your home telephone line and plugged into an
electrical outlet in the bedroom or a central
location in your house. The Base Station
recharges the CardioNet Monitor overnight and
allows the CardioNet Monitor to communicate
with the monitoring center through the
regular phone system. You will not be charged
by the telephone company for calls made by
your monitor.
Please put the CardioNet Monitor in the base
station whenever you are at home. In larger
homes, two base stations may be required, so
you can keep your sensor and monitor in
contact as you walk around the house.
1. Introduction
2. CardioNet Base Station
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1. Introduction
3. CardioNet Sensor
3 The CardioNet Sensor
The CardioNet Sensor, which can be worn
around the neck or on a belt, senses each
heartbeat and constantly sends the
information to the CardioNet Monitor. To
communicate with the monitor, the sensor
must remain within 30 feet of the monitor.
Walls and other obstructions can reduce the
range. If you go out of communication
range, the sensor will beep to alert you so
you can move back within range or pick up
the monitor and take it with you.
4.Electrode Pads and Leads
These sticky disposable pads snap onto the
three electrode leads on the CardioNet
Sensor. You remove the backing and stick
them onto your skin.
5. Batteries
These batteries are for the CardioNet
Sensor. Sensor batteries must be replaced
with new batteries each day. Any new
commercially available AA batteries can be
used with the CardioNet Sensor.
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6. Sensor Neck Strap
Use if you prefer to wear the Sensor around
your neck.
7. Sensor Belt Clip
Use if you prefer to wear the Sensor on your
belt.
8. T elephone Line In/Out
Use to plug your CardioNet Base Station
into the telephone wall jack.
9. Base Power Plug
Use to plug your CardioNet Base Station
into an electrical outlet.
10. Patient Guide and Pocket Reference Card
This guide which contains information about
CardioNet Monitoring Service and helpful
reminders about using the equipment. You
can carry the pocket reference card with you
while on service.
1 1. Patient Information Video
This contains the key information about the
monitoring service, presented in a short video.
12. Return Address Label and Shipping Form
Use the label and prepaid shipping form to
return the kit after monitoring is finished.
Remember: all kit items, except used batteries and
used electrode pads must be immediately returned
to CardioNet once service is completed, or you will
be charged for them.
1. Introduction
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1. Introduction
Who to Call for Help
If you have any questions about your monitoring
service or billing, please call one of our toll free
numbers. Customer service is available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week.
Monitoring Questions: (866) 426-4401
Billing Concerns: (866) 426-4401
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Setting Up
When you get home with your CardioNet Service
Kit, youll need to take a few steps to set up the
CardioNet Base. This section of the Patient Guide
walks you through:
n Connecting the CardioNet Base
n Recharging the Battery
n Staying in Communications Range
n Wearing the Sensor
2. Set Up
2. Set Up
Connecting At Home
Find an electrical outlet and phone jack in a
central location, preferably in your bedroom to
connect the CardioNet Base. As long as you are
within range of the CardioNet Monitor, your
CardioNet Sensor can continue sending
heartbeats to the Monitor. If you go out of range,
the Sensor beeps to warn you.
When you go to any area in your house where
your Sensor is out of communications range
with your Monitor, simply take CardioNet
Monitor out of the Recharging Base and bring it
with you, so the Monitor can continue receiving
heartbeat signals from the Sensor.
Sometimes in larger houses, a second Base
Station is needed so that you can stay within
range without carrying your monitor around.
At night, keep the CardioNet Monitor in the
Recharging Base near your bed so CardioNet
can monitor your heartbeats, while you are
sleeping. The Monitor will also recharge its
battery while in the Base. It takes around four
hours to completely recharge the Monitor
battery, so you can carry it around with you the
following day.
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Setting Up
Setting Up the Base
1. Find an electrical outlet located close to a
phone jack, preferably in your bedroom
2. Unplug the telephone line from the back of
your telephone
3. Take the telephone line that you just
unplugged and plug it into the slot on the
Base labeled Phone In.
4. Locate the second telephone line, included
in your CardioNet Service Kit. Plug one end
of this line into the slot on the Base labeled
Line Out. Plug the other end of this line
into the back of your telephone.
5. Locate the Power Cord in your CardioNet
Service Kit. Insert the small, round end of
this line into the slot on the Base labeled
Power. Plug the other end into an outlet.
2. Set Up
Phone In
(your
phone
line)
Line Out
(included
phone
line)
Power
(Insert
Power
Line)
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See Using the Monitor for
more details about
checking battery power.
At home, leave the
Monitor in the base
whenever possible.
Checking Battery Power
When your Monitor is in the Recharging Base,
touch the battery icon on the screen and the
unit will tell you whether or not the battery is
fully charged. If the battery is not fully charged,
leave the Monitor in the Base for a full recharge,
which takes four hours.
Staying in Range
2. Set Up
The Monitors rechargeable battery provides 16
hours of use for each four hours of recharging.
Whenever possible, when you are at home, leave
the Monitor in the Base, unless you are in a
part of the house where the Sensor and Monitor
would be out of communications range.
Whenever you begin to go out of
communications range, the Sensor will beep to
warn youreminding you either return within
range or carry your Monitor with you.
Limitations of cell phone coverage
When your CardioNet monitor is in the base
station, it uses the regular telephone system for
communications with the CardioNet center.
When you are away from homeor whenever
your CardioNet monitor is out of the base stationthe monitor uses cell phone technology to
contact the CardioNet center and transmit ECG
data.
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Setting Up
As with consumer cell phones, calls can sometimes be delayed or blocked by coverage problems, physical obstruction such as buildings or
mountains, or heavy traffic on the carrier networks.
When the CardioNet monitor has urgent data to
transmit, and is unable to connect with the center
via cellular telecommunications, it will notify you to
contact the CardioNet center through a regular
telephone. The monitoring specialists at the Center will instruct you on how to download the information on that phone.
2. Set Up
Place Monitor in Base to Recharge
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2. Set Up
See Caring for Your
CardioNet Sensor
(Section 4) for more
details about removing
your Sensor while
Showering.
Wearing the CardioNet Sensor
The CardioNet Sensor uses three electrode
patches, carefully placed on your body to detect
heartbeats by sensing electrical changes on the
surface of your skin. The electrode patches are
attached to the Sensor by three lead wires, a
white wire, a black wire and a red wire. The
lead wires can be snapped on and off from the
electrodes, so you can remove the wires from the
electrodes and remove the Sensor before
showeringwithout taking off the electrodes.
When you enroll in the CardioNet System, a
nurse or technician chooses the best locations
for the electrode pads to detect changes in heart
rhythms.
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Setting Up
Sensor with Lead Wires
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