3195 Monitoring your Linq Cardiac Monitor at home
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Hello.
After your Linq cardiac monitor
has been inserted, you will be given
two pieces of equipment
to take home -
a MyCarelink box
and a Linq activator.
This video shows how you can setup and use these devices at home.
The MyCarelink box
stores the information
about your heart rate and rhythm.
The data is automatically
sent to the box from your
cardiac monitor while you sleep.
The MyCarelink box then sends
this on to your hospital team
to help them diagnose and treat you.
The box is made up of a display screen, control buttons and a reader.
It will be set-up at the hospital so it only communicates with your device.
Your box must be
permanently plugged in
and placed within 6 feet or 2
metres of where you sleep,
such as on your bedside cabinet.
This must also be a
place where you know you
get good signal
on your mobile phone.
The first time you plug in your box, wait for the screen to light up
and the signal bar to appear on the left hand side of the screen.
If you are unable to get at least 2 bars of signal next to your bedside,
then please contact the
hospital for further advice.
It is important to note that when the MyCarelink box is plugged in,
the screen will go completely blank after approximately 5 minutes,
so please do not be
alarmed when this occurs.
Your box will automatically ‘wake up’ and send data at scheduled times.
You will need to send
the hospital a manual
transmission before
your box can start
sending information automatically.
Firstly, press the round
button to the right of the screen.
Then remove the
reader on top of the box.
Place the reader over the site of
your insertable cardiac monitor.
Wait for the monitor to
be detected on the
display screen before slotting
the reader back onto the box.
The manual transmission
is now complete.
You will need to follow this
same procedure if your doctor
ever asks you to manually
send your data to the hospital.
Whilst the device is capable of detecting some abnormal heart
rhythms automatically, it is useful
for your clinicians to have a record
of your heart rate and rhythm when you notice that you are about to,
or are having, the symptoms
that are being investigated.
To get this information, you can
use the Linq activator to trigger
your device to monitor your heart
rate during these episodes.
To do this, press and
release the large grey
grey button on the Linq activator.
A blue light will start flashing.
Hold the activator over
insertable cardiac monitor.
A green light will appear
when the episode
has been successfully captured.
The recording will be
automatically sent to the
hospital via your MyCareLink box.
The Linq activator can be
attached to a key ring and
carried around with you so
that it is always at hand
when your symptoms occur.
Whenever you use
the Linq activator it is
important that you
contact the hospital
on this number, to let them know.
This will prompt your doctor to
have a look at your recordings.
They may contact you to
Odiscuss what they have seen.
It is safe to travel when you have an insertable cardiac monitor,
including travelling by plane.
We recommend that you let airport staff know that you have the device,
and show them
your identification card,
as it is likely to set the alarm off
when you go through security.
You can take your MyCareLink box away with you so that your device
can upload data
to the box every night,
or you can wait
until you return home.
Alternatively, if you used your activator whilst you were away,
you can manually
send the information
to the hospital when you get home.
Use the reader on the MyCareLink box to detect your device
and send a manual
transmission to the hospital,
just as you did when
you first set up the box.
If you have any further questions about your Linq device,
activator or MyCarelink box, please ask your heart care team.