Franklin EMG-110 User Manual

â EMG-110

Electronic Publishers

Parents’

EMERGENCY

MEDICAL GUIDE

User’s Guide

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Introduction

Congratulations! You now own a powerful, portable medical emergency reference where the answers to your child’s symptoms are at your fingertips. This electronic Parent’s Emergency Medical Guide can do all of the following:

•narrow down the symptoms of your child’s emergency to find the best possible advice;

•find answers to many pediatric medical illnesses or emergencies quickly and easily;

•store emergency phone numbers for quick access;

•store your family’s medical information;

•read about common problems and concerns; and

•learn how to prevent accidents, illnesses, and more.

Disclaimer

The content contained in this book should not be considered a substitute for consultation with or for appropriate medical treatment from your physician or a health care professional.

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	Key Guide
	Function Keys
BACK	Backs up a step or erases a letter.
CLEAR	Clears to the entry screen.
ENTER	Enters a request or selects a topic.
FAM	Shows Family Info menu.
HELP	Shows a help message.
INFO	Shows reference info about a topic,
	the topics’s location, and a whole
	item’s name.
MENU	Shows the main menus.
NEXT	Shows the next topic section.
PHONE	Shows your phone numbers list.
PREV	Shows the previous topic section.
Y or N	Answers yes or no to questions.
	Direction Keys
	Move up or down.
	Moves left.
	Moves right or types a space.

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Getting Started

You can change the type size, shutoff time, and screen contrast. The shutoff time is how long the product remains on if you forget to turn it off.

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Disabling the Demonstration

1. Press ON/OFF.

A brief demonstration appears. If you want to stop the demonstration, press CLEAR.

2.Press MENU.

3.Mark Disable Demo.

To mark a line, press until the triangle is next to the item you want to select.

4. Press ENTER to disable it.

To enable the demo, repeat the above steps.

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Changing Settings

1.Press MENU.

2.Mark Set Type Size, Set Shutoff, or Set Contrast.

3.Press ENTER to select it.

If you selected Set Contrast, press and . You can also adjust the contrast by pressing and at the entry screen.

4. Select a setting.

To exit without changing a setting, press BACK.

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Answering Questions

Throughout this product you will find decision trees asking you various questions about your child’s emergency. This narrows down the emergency so you can find the doctor’s advice you need.

Press the Y key to answer yes, or press the N key to answer no.

Viewing Help Information

You can view help information at most screens by pressing HELP. To exit help, press BACK.

Follow the Arrows

The flashing arrows to the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to view more.

Resuming Where You Left Off

You can turn this product off at any screen. When you turn it on again, you return to the last screen you viewed.

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Finding Information

To find information about your child’s problem, type the symptom, illness, or emergency at the entry screen. You can find anything from bee stings to broken bones.

1.Press CLEAR.

2.Start typing nosebleed.

You go directly to the index list.

3.Press ENTER when nosebleed is marked.

An item is marked when the triangle is next to it.

4.Press to read the doctor’s advice.

There is a question at the end of the advice.

5.Press the Y key to answer yes or the N key to answer no.

6.Continue to answer all questions.

7.Press to read the doctor’s advice.

8.Press CLEAR when done.

Reading Cross-References

When you see an , press ENTER to go to the cross-referenced text. Press BACK to go back to the screen you were previously viewing.

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