heart sound recorder - dr john bennett

HEART SOUND RECORDER

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HSR DESCRIPTION AND INTENDED USE1.HEARTSOUNDRECORDERDESCRIPTION&INTENDEDUSETheHeartSoundRecorder(HSR)isacomputerbasedLowRisk,GeneralWellnessHeartStressMonitortoacquire,display,recordandsaveheartsounds.

CertaintypesofheartstresscanbemonitoredbyvisualizingtheRate,RhythmandToneoftheheartcycle.Theheart’sreactiontocertaintypesofstress,suchaschemical,nutritionaloremotionalstress,canbenearlyimmediate,anditsresponsetoagivenmitigationtechniqueisoftenwithin5-10minutes.Thesechangescanbeobservedbychangesofthefrequency,ratio,amplitudeandcharacteristicsoftheheartwaveform.

IntendedUse:1. AHeartStressMonitorthatrecordsanddisplaysthelowfrequencycomponentoftheheartcycleasawaveformonaPC.2. Forthepurposeofvisualizingtherate,rhythmandtoneoftheheartcycle.3. Canbeusedtocomparecurrentandpreviousheartcyclewaveformsforbeforeandafteranalysis,orfortrendingpurposes.

IndicationsforUse:1. Usedtoenhanceandsupportahealthylifestylethroughstressmanagement.2. Usedtoreducetheriskorimpactofcertainchronicdiseasesorconditionswhereitiswellunderstoodandacceptedthathealthylifestylechoicesmayplayanimportantroleinhealthoutcomesforthediseaseorcondition.

3. Observetheeffectofchemicalornutritionalstressontheheart,suchasMSG,caffeine,orreUinedsugar.4. Canbeusedtoprovidevisualinformationontheeffectsofchemicalornutritionalinducedstressontheheart.

Claims: 1. May be used to promote or enhance heart function. 2. May be used to promote or improve dietary choices. 3. May be used to promote, improve or manage levels of stress. 4. May be used to promote physical and emotional wellbeing.


THE CONTROL PANEL


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ENTERING A NEW CLIENTENTERING“NEWCLIENT”INFORMATIONA. [New]buttononTaskBarcreatesanewrecordinthedatabase

1. Bemindfulofcorrectspellingofnames2. DonotenterthesamepersonasaNewclientmorethanonce

B. ClientInformation1. FirstName,LastName,[Date/Time-stamp]a) ID-useforconUidentialityi.e.clientnumber+Date/Time-stamp

2. ClientInformation:DOB,Sex,Weight,BP,HR,SpO2%

C. SameNameProtocol:BUGWARNING1. ThesoftwareisunabletoaccommodatetwoclientswithidenticalUirstandlastnames.2. Ifyouencountertwoidenticalnames,a) AddatitleornumbertotheLastNameUield:SmithJr.orJones1orDoe2,etc.b)WARNING:SavingaduplicateFirstandLastnamewillresultinDataLossfortheUirstclient.SeeTroubleshooting.

c) AlwaysuseReturningClient[NewSession]forasecondsession.EnteringthesameclientasNewwillresultinDataLoss.SeeTroubleshooting.

D. SessionNotes:1. Example:supplementsrecommended;caffeineorrecentmealpriortosession;prescriptiondrugstaken,etc.DifUicultyacquiringarecording

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ENTERING A RETURNING CLIENTENTERINGa“RETURNINGCLIENT”SESSION(alltheClientrecordsarehere)

A.Select[ClientList]buttononTaskBar1. TypeLASTnametosearch2. SelecttheClient’sname>select[NewSession]3. Toreviewaprevioussession>[Select]4. Bemindfulnottoenterapersonundermisspelledortransposednames


CONTROL UNIT FRONT PANEL


RECORDING A HEART GRAPHA.ApplytheMicrophoneaccordingtothetechniquestaughtintheTrainingSessionsB.SelectthebuttonfromtheValveTaskBartoindicatethevalvebeingrecorded

1. Select[Start]tobegintherecordingfunction.C.GraphDisplayWindowopenstodisplaytheclient’sheartcycle.

1.TUNE:AdjusttheVolume/SensitivityknobontheControlUnitaccordingtothetrainingreceivedintheTrainingSessions

2. [Record]buttonbeginsa15secondrecordinga)Attheendofthe15sec.recording,thesoftwarereturnstotheControlPanelwiththerecordedvalve’sGraphDisplaycontainingthegraphjustcompleted

3. Start/Stopa) Afunctiontostartorstopthelivegraph.b) Toclosethewindow,Uirst[Stop]thelivegraph,thenclose

D.Recordingoptionsforrecordingagraph1. Selectthe[RECORD]buttononbottomofdisplaywithamouseorPCtouchpad2.PresstheRhythmLightSwitchonControlUnit

a) WhenyouTunebyadjustingtheVolume/Sensitivityknob,youcaninstantlyrecordbypressingtheUlashinglightswitchwithyourthumb

b) TheUlashingRhythmLightisavisualindicatorofwhenyouarenearlyintunei.e.ifyoudonotobservetherepeatingbeatofS1&S2(lubdub....lubdub),youneedtoadjust–eitherwithmicrophoneplacement,orwithvolume/sensitivity

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THE GRAPH DISPLAY WINDOWONCETHERECORDINGISACQUIRED

A.ManipulatecalipersinDisplayWindow1.LowerCaliper:Scrollthrough15secofrecordingtoselectheartcyclesyouwishtodisplayforeachvalve

2.UpperCaliper:OnlywithMitralvalveselected,measuretheheartrateoftheheartcyclefromcommonpointsontwoadjacentS1beatsa)DisplaysunderHeartlogo:Measuredheatrate:67Bpm@MitralValve.

3.UpperCaliper:Allvalves–measureseventwidthasduration(time)ofS1orS2,restperiods,work/restratios,etc.Canbeusedforcomparison.a)MeasuredTimedisplaysas0.00secondsaboveDisplayWindow

B. [Save]function1. Thesoftwarehaswarningsifyouaccidentallyomitavalveorclosebeforesaving,2. Asessioncanbereopenedtoaddnotes,repositionthecalipers,etc.TheSaveWarningwindowwillquestionyourmotives.


THE DISPLAY CALIPERS


VIEW COMPLETE RECORDINGVIEWTHECOMPLETERECORDING

1. TheFullDisplay[FullDisp]buttonintheTaskBaropensanewwindowthatcontainsthefullrecordingofthefourvalves.

2. Clickthe[Valve]buttonsatthetoptotogglethroughthefourvalverecordingsR3. Theuserisunabletosave,printorcreateapdffromthisscreen.4. Tosavethisgraph,useWindowsSnipittoolandsaveitasajpegUile.


PRINT PREVIEW WINDOW


COMPARE SESSIONSCOMPARESESSIONS

A.Select[Compare]buttontocomparetwodifferentsessionsforthesameclient.1. SelectClient>Selecttwosessionstocompare2. Comparewindow>selectvalvetocompare3.Manipulateupperandlowercalipersofeachsession4. PrintorCreatePDF


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