Marquette/GE monitor

[epidural man]

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I joined this forum today to post a question, but got sidetracked reading the other posts and have replied to 6 others - this is fun!

Anyway, my real reason for coming on over......

In our OR, we use GE/Marquette Solaris 9500 monitoring system with the TRAM 451 and 250.

Does anyone know of a good online resource for troubleshooting or configuring these monitors? GE (in my mind) is a horrible company that charges you $6000 to get a question answered (their technical support). I just need an online manual, or a technical forum or something like that. Any suggestions?

I need to change the window layout/configuration, but can't seem to figure out how to do it, and it may not be possible.

It suprises me that if I pay $1800 for an Apple computer, the company will stand by me and answer my questions and phone calls for up to three years - and even after that time, they do all they can online by way of FAQ's and technical documents to help you learn your way around and trouble shoot your computer. However, GE - and probably most other medical equipment sellers - charge you thousands upon thousands of dollars on their very specific and technical equipment which few know anything about (relatively speaking of course) and give no technical support online, and a call or visit costs large amounts. How come we put up with this?

 

[urgewrx]

What do you want to change? Add another transducer tracing? Go to bottom right "Setup" tap on "Change screen layout" click on "4" or "5" pressures. Tap on "Apply" then tap "OK" If you don't tap on "Apply" it will not happen.
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[epidural man]

What do you want to change? Add another transducer tracing? Go to bottom right "Setup" tap on "Change screen layout" click on "4" or "5" pressures. Tap on "Apply" then tap "OK" If you don't tap on "Apply" it will not happen.​

Actually, what I want to change is the way the layout is. For example, I am only using two pressures (CVP, A-line) but the screen shows three, so on the right screen, I wanted the numbers to be in the "matrix" of my NBP, ART, CVP2, TEMP, SpO2, but the moniter has CVP3 in the matrix, and CVP2 is a floating number. I can change the wave forms that are displayed, but I cant get that damn CVP3 to dissappear and replaced with CVP2. If I change it to Pressure_2 (as you suggest), the matrix shows ART and CVP3. I can't get the thing to switch to CVP2.

This is just one example. That matrix does not seem to be easily configured so that you can pick which pressure goes in a box. I have the same problem with temp. If I am using the extra temp module, it has temp6 in the matrix, but if I want this changed back to temp2, I have to change the window layout to one that accomodates temp2, but then that makes my PAP, CVP, ART all floating.

It probably is possible, but I just can't seem to figure it out.

 

[urgewrx]

I smell OCD!!!
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[urgewrx]

Try going to 2 pressures. Tap on the CVP3 trace, rename it PA. then go back and rename PA as CVP. This might take care of the number.
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