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AfibAlert QuickStart Guide

• What the Lights Mean
• Two Ways to Take a Reading
• Transmitting Data

This Guide is a quick reference tool for testing and transmitting data. For a detailed review, visit the Directions for Use page.

What the Lights Mean

It is recommended to use the AfibAlert™ indoors. The display may not be visible outdoors or under bright light conditions. The light and recorder will automatically turn off after 30 seconds.

Red Light: High probability of AF. Take action as specified by your physician. Upload the data to the AfibAlert web site and inform your physician or call your trans-telephonic service provider as specified by your physician.

Green Light: Low probability of AF. Data has been successfully stored for later upload or transmission. However, if symptoms are present take appropriate action.

Yellow Light: Unable to obtain a reading. May indicate poor electrode contact. Test should be repeated.

Blue Light: Indicates that the recorder is acquiring and analyzing the data. Also indicates when data is being uploaded or transmitted to a service center.

Two Ways to Take a Reading

• placing your thumbs on the recorder electrodes
• using the patient cable and wrist electrodes

It is best to take a reading in the early morning, just after rising from bed. If subsequent readings are taken during the day, it is best to relax for 5-10 minutes before taking the test.

Taking a Reading with the Thumb Electrodes

1. Press the black Start button to turn on the AfibAlert recorder.
2. Place thumbs firmly on the electrodes. Do not remove thumbs from electrodes until a red, green, or yellow icon illluminates.
3. The blue light will illuminate while recorder takes a reading.
4. Once the reading is completed, the recorder will beep and a red, green or yellow icon will illuminate. Read more about what the lights mean

Taking a Reading with the Patient Cable and Wrist Electrodes

1. Attach the cable to the recorder by pushing the connector straight into the socket. To remove the cable, squeeze the connector and pull straight out. Do not twist the cable connector.
2. Slightly dampen the underside of your wrist with water and slide the wrist strap on each wrist with the snaps placed on the dampened underside of the wrist.
3. (Image) Connect the snaps on the cable to each wrist strap. (Red snap on the left wrist, white snap on the right wrist.)
4. Press the black Start button to turn on the AfibAlert recorder.
5. The blue light will illuminate and your heart rate will display while recorder takes a reading.
6. Once the reading is completed, the recorder will beep and a red, green or yellow indicator light will illuminate. Read more about what the lights mean

Transmitting Data

Transmitting Using Your Computer:

Upload your ECG data to www.AfibAlert.com

Recordings can be uploaded directly to the AfibAlert web site. Each recording produces a 45-second diagnostic quality ECG rhythm strip. (Click here to view a sample recording.). Once data has been uploaded, it can be immediately viewed or printed by the patient or their physician. Recordings can also be saved as a PDF file. Please remember, it is the patient’s responsibility to notify their physician if data has been uploaded for review. LRI does not monitor the AfibAlert web site. The patient must notify their physician or service center when information is uploaded to this site for professional review. Only authorized personnel have access to your ECG data.

There is no charge for AfibAlert users to upload and store their data to the AfibAlert web site, or for you or your physician to access, view or print the data. Contact your physician regarding possible professional interpretation charges. Read more about how to access device data

Refer to the User Manual [PDF] for complete instructions on using a USB Connection.

Transmitting Using the Standard Telephone:

If your physician is unable to receive your data, you must contract with an independent receiving service prior to transmitting your ECG data over the phone. Additional fees may apply. If your physician cannot provide you with a list of qualified receiving services, please contact us.

Call your receiving service. After asking a few questions, they will tell you whether they want to receive only the latest test data or if they want to receive all of the stored data. Use a hard wired phone whenever possible. Cell phones and cordless phones, due to their varying signal quality, may provide poor quality transmissions.

1. To transmit data, hold the the recorder’s speaker next to the telephone’s mouthpiece. Press the black button.
   • To transmit a single test – hold the black start button for three seconds or until a single beep is heard. Release the button. After releasing the button, you will hear a long tone and the blue light will illuminate.
   • To transmit all stored data – Hold the black start button for six seconds or until the second beep is heard. Release the button. After releasing the button, you will a long tone and the blue light will illuminate. You will hear a 45 second tone followed by a brief pause for each test that is transmitted (up to five tests).
2. When the transmission is complete, the green light will illuminate. Take the recorder away from the phone and speak to the receiving service for further instructions. The AfibAlert recorder will shut off automatically after 30 seconds.