PMH purchases new stress lab equipment

PRINCETON — Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton has purchased and is now utilizing its new Quinton Q-Stress system in the Stress Lab at Perry.

This new high-tech equipment incorporates the latest innovation in stress testing for patients with an intuitive workflow for technicians and physicians. The “Quik-Prep” automated patient prep system allows clinicians to prep patients faster and with confidence. The whisper-quiet ultra-drive treadmill ensures a slow and safe start for patients. It provides exceptionally smooth power and accuracy even at slow speeds and with patients up to 500 pounds.

This state-of-the-art system has a unique FreezeFrame option that provides physicians an “instant replay” of any waveform during the test. It will “freeze” any 10-second ECG strip and compare it with “live” ECG tracings, as well as print side-by-side comparison reports. The system indicates significant ECG changes and updates analyses and displays anomalies immediately for the technician and physician. The full disclosure option on the Q-Stress system allows the capture and review of every heart beat for absolute clinical confidence. It is easy to change exercise duration and effort levels “on the fly,” so patients won’t have to repeat the test. The automatic blood pressure cuff monitors patient blood pressure and O2 saturation during the stress test.

The re-analysis option on this equipment allows technicians and physicians to review a complete test after the procedure has ended and an entire test can be saved to the patient’s electronic medical record.