Re: heart monitor failure?

[Tivers <Tivers@aol.com>]

In a message dated 98-03-13 00:16:24 EST, vanhove@unavco.ucar.edu writes:

<< Do heart monitors tend to give erratic readings when the battery gets low
 or do they just stop showing a pulse?   >>

Both--but a loose electrode or flopping wire is the more likely cause of the
former.

ti