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Table of Contents
- 1 Contact Information
- 2 Getting Started
- 3 Turn on Phone
- 4 Daily Usage
- 5 Charging the Monitor
- 6 Air Travel
- 7 Returning Equipment
- 8 Troubleshooting
- 9 Skin Preparation
- 10 Insurance Information
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Patient Instruction Manual
FULLY WATERPROOF
Featuring a waterproof monitor safe for showering, bathing, and
submerging in water as deep as 3 feet.
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Summary of Contents for Preventice Solutions BodyGuardian MINI PLUS
- Page 1 Patient Instruction Manual FULLY WATERPROOF Featuring a waterproof monitor safe for showering, bathing, and submerging in water as deep as 3 feet.
- Page 2 INTRODUCTION Welcome to Your physician has prescribed you the BodyGuardian Mini PLUS heart monitor and monitoring center service provided by Preventice Services to detect irregular heart rhythms. You must wear the monitor for the length of time your doctor has prescribed.
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Page 3: Contact Information
CONTACT INFORMATION Contact information Patient services Billing assistance 888.747.4701 888.500.3522 (press 1, 1) 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. CST, M-F 24 hours a day, 7 days a week reimbursem*ntinfo@preventice.com monitortroubleshooting@preventice.com Returning your monitor Patient benefit quotes 888.500.3522 (press 1, 5) 888-747-4760 7:00 a.m. - Page 4 INTRODUCTION Overview of your monitoring prescription Review the Always keep Always wear one Record your Replace Strip or Complete your Patient financial phone within 10 monitor on your symptoms as ECG electrodes monitoring obligations feet of monitor chest you feel them when they lose prescription and billing...
- Page 5 Your equipment will include either Strips or an lead set (with electrodes). You will not receive both. Follow the instructions for the equipment you receive. Strip BodyGuardian phone charging cord ECG lead wires ECG electrodes BodyGuardian Mini PLUS monitors (2) saline wipes...
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Page 6: Getting Started
ECG lead set Prepare your skin Decide which chest placement you will use before you prepare your skin. You can wear BodyGuardian Mini PLUS either vertically or horizontally. If hair is present, remove the hair where you will place the monitor. - Page 7 GETTING STARTED for patients using STRIPS Attach the monitor to the Strip 1. Slide the monitor into the black molding on the Strip until the micro-USB connector on the Strip is inserted completely into the monitor. Tips • This is most easily accomplished on a flat surface, like a table.
- Page 8 GETTING STARTED for patients using STRIPS Attach to your chest 1. Peel away backing from the Strip. 2. Place the portion of the Strip with the adhesive exposed flat on your chest in one of the placement locations (p. 9-10). 3.
- Page 9 GETTING STARTED for patients using STRIPS Once the Strip makes contact with your skin, you cannot adjust its position. Preferred placement (vertical) Place the top of the Strip just below the jugular notch, which is the bone at the base of the neck at the intersection of the collar bone.
- Page 10 GETTING STARTED for patients using STRIPS Once the Strip makes contact with your skin, you cannot adjust its position. Alternate placement (horizontal) Place the right side of the Strip near the center of the chest over the sternum. patient right patient left patient right patient left...
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Page 11: Turn On Phone
GETTING STARTED for patients using STRIPS Turn on phone Success Stay within 3 feet of Press and hold the power key. Once powered on, the phone the phone, remain still, ACTION REQUIRED displays the screen. and wait for the phone to display a status of Turn on monitor Monitoring. - Page 12 GETTING STARTED for patients using an ECG LEAD SET Did you receive Strips or an ECG lead set? This section (pages 12-15) includes instructions for using an lead set to wear your monitor. If you received Strips, see page 6. Strip ECG lead set Prepare your skin...
- Page 13 GETTING STARTED for patients using an ECG LEAD SET Attach the monitor and electrodes 1. Slide the monitor onto the center connector of the lead wires. Ensure the connector is inserted completely into the monitor. 2. Snap one ECG electrode into the red lead, one connector into the green lead, and one into the center monitor connector.
- Page 14 GETTING STARTED for patients using an ECG LEAD SET Attach to your chest patient right patient left Remove the adhesive backing from each of the three electrodes, then attach them to the following locations: Monitor Attach to your right side of your chest, below your collarbone.
- Page 15 GETTING STARTED for patients using an ECG LEAD SET Success Turn on monitor Stay within 3 feet of Press and release the center button on the monitor the phone, remain still, once. As the monitor successfully powers on, it will and wait for the phone beep periodically as it connects to the phone.
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Page 16: Daily Usage
DAILY USAGE Keep the phone within 10 feet of the If the phone moves out of cellular monitor on your chest network range . . . Keep the phone with you at all times. Your monitoring will continue However, if (1) you get separated from the uninterrupted, but your data won't be phone or (2) the phone battery depletes, sent to your health care provider until... - Page 17 DAILY USAGE Record your symptoms If you begin to feel symptoms related to the reason your monitor was prescribed such as dizziness, chest pain or shortness of breath, you can manually record these events. 1. Press and release the center button on the monitor. You must scroll to see the full list of...
- Page 18 DAILY USAGE Switch monitors when battery is low Switch the monitor on your chest when the battery is low. The phone will alert you when your monitor battery is low. Always wear one of the monitors while the other monitor remains connected to the charger. You do not need to remove the Strip or lead set from your chest to switch monitors.
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Page 19: Charging The Monitor
DAILY USAGE Charging the monitor Attach the charged monitor to Power on the monitor on your When the monitor battery is low, the the Strip or lead set chest phone will alert you. If this occurs, switch your monitors (see page 18). 1. - Page 20 TIP: For easiest removal, start by peeling back the edge of the Strip furthest from the monitor. 2. Remove the monitor from the Strip, then charge the monitor. 3. Re-attach BodyGuardian Mini PLUS to your chest (see pages 6-11). Replacing the ECG electrodes Change the ECG electrodes every 3 days OR when they no longer adhere to the skin.
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Page 21: Air Travel
The monitors, Strips, and ECG lead set are waterproof and can safely be submerged in water as deep as 3 feet. The phone is NOT waterproof. Keep away from water. • You do not need to remove BodyGuardian Mini PLUS when showering or bathing. • If you will be swimming in water deeper than 3 feet, remove the monitor. - Page 22 DAILY USAGE Monitor indicators This section explain the sounds and LED lights on the monitor. The phone communicates this same information and is the best method for understanding the status of your monitoring session. If you are curious about what the monitors sounds and lights mean, you can use this information as a reference.
- Page 23 DAILY USAGE Warnings Sounds Lights* What it means Caused by Low monitor battery. Charge the monitor (page 17). every 5 sec Monitor battery is low. Informational Sounds Lights* What it means Caused by none every 5 sec Monitoring successfully. none every 5 sec Monitoring successfully.
- Page 24 COMPLETING YOUR MONITORING When your prescription ends The phone will alert you when your prescription has ended. When you see this message on the phone: 1. Remove the monitor on your chest, then place it near the phone. Do not power off the monitor. 2.
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Page 25: Returning Equipment
RETURNING EQUIPMENT Return your equipment immediately after your service ends If you are returning your equipment to your health care provider: 1. Follow the instructions provided by your health care provider. If you are returning your equipment to Preventice Services: 1. -
Page 26: Troubleshooting
TROUBLESHOOTING Poor Skin Contact message appears on the phone CAUSE This message indicates poor contact between your skin, the monitor and Strip (or electrodes). It is NOT related to the Bluetooth or cellular connection of the phone. RESOLUTIONS Tap OK Tap OK on the phone to dismiss the message. -
Page 27: Skin Preparation
TROUBLESHOOTING Chest placement location Ensure that BodyGuardian Mini PLUS is positioned properly on the chest. See pages 9-10, 14 for chest placement locations. For Strip users, ensure one of two arrows on the Strip is pointing up. Tip: For the horizontal Strip position, some patients acquire a better signal when the monitor is placed higher up on the chest, closer to the collarbone, to avoid fleshy tissue areas. - Page 28 TROUBLESHOOTING When switching monitors, the phone displays PREPARING MONITOR for an extended time CAUSE This occurs when there is a large amount of collected data on the monitor that is currently being downloaded to the phone. RESOLUTION Wait for the phone to finish downloading. 1.
- Page 29 TROUBLESHOOTING The phone touch screen dims or shuts off automatically CAUSE Even when the phone is collecting data, the phone turns off the touch screen to conserve battery when you do not use the phone for a specified period. This is normal. The phone is still performing its monitoring functions.
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Page 30: Insurance Information
INSURANCE INFORMATION Patient financial obligations and billing information On behalf of your physician, you are being provided with a heart monitor from Preventice Services. This test will be billed in two parts: 1. Your medical professional will bill your insurance for the in-office hook-up and the final reading of the test results. 2. - Page 31 PATIENT SURVEY We appreciate your feedback. Please return this survey inside the box once your study is completed. This survey can also be completed online at: www.preventicesolutions.com/patients/patient-survey.html Patient name City State Doctor's office / hospital Contact me via: Phone My hook-up took place at: Home Physician's office Email...
- Page 32 Comments I hereby authorize Preventice Solutions, Inc. to use, reuse, publish or republish my name in light of any communication I made and photographic likeness in all forms and all media for advertising, marketing, and any other lawful purposes. I release and discharge Preventice Solutions, Inc. from any and all claims and demands that may arise out of or in connection with the use of photographs, name or likeness, including without limitation any and all claims for libel or violation of any right of publicity or privacy.
