Franklin BOOKMAN EMG-2006 User manual

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Electronic Publishers

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User’s Guide

EMG-2006

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Electronic Publishers

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Mt. Holly, NJ 08060

MERGENCY

MEDICAL GUIDE

Parents’

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Contents

easily; as well as read common prob-

lems and concerns; and learn how to

prevent accidents, illnesses, and more.

Use your BOOKMAN to read this car-

tridge. See “Installing Cartridges” to

learn how.

Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN!

With this

Parents’ Emergency Medi-

cal Guide,

you can narrow down the

symptoms of your child’s emergency

to find the best possible advice; find

answers to many pediatric medical ill-

nesses or emergencies quickly and

Installing Cartridges ...................................................... 4

Selecting Books ............................................................ 4

Using the Color Keys ..................................................... 5

Changing Settings ......................................................... 5

Viewing a Demonstration .............................................. 6

Answering Questions .................................................... 6

Finding Information ....................................................... 7

Using the Contents Menu .............................................. 7

Using the INFO key ....................................................... 10

Resetting BOOKMAN .................................................... 11

Product Information ...................................................... 12

Copyrights & Patents ..................................................... 13

Limited Warranty ........................................................... 13

Index ............................................................................. 14

Function Keys

CLEAR Clears to the entry screen.

MENU Shows the main menus.

INFO (red) Shows reference informa-

tion about a particular topic and

the topic’s outline location.

(green) No function.

(yellow) No function.

(blue) No function.

CARD Exits the selected book.

ON/OFF Turns BOOKMAN on or off.

Other Keys

BACK

Backs up a step or erases a letter.

CAP

No function.

ENTER

Enters a search, selects a

menu item, or goes directly to

cross-referenced text.

HELP

Shows help messages.

?✱

Shows a full menu item; in text,

shows the topic’s outline location.

Direction Keys

Move in indicated direction.

Page up or down.

SPACE

Pages down.

Star Key Combinations*

✩

+ Q... Shifts top row of letters to

type numbers.

✩

Showsnexttitleorparagraph.

✩

Shows the previous title or

paragraph.

Key Guide

➤ Understanding the Color Keys

The color keys (red, green, yellow,

and blue) perform the functions

listed above only for the book

described in this User’s Guide.

Other BOOKMAN books have their

own color key functions, which are

labelled on their cartridges or on the

keyboard. For more information,

read “Using the Color Keys.” *

Hold

✩

while pressing the other key

Installing Cartridges

Warning: Never install or remove a

cartridge when BOOKMAN is on. If

you do, information that you entered

in its built-in book and in an installed

cartridge will be erased.

1. Turn BOOKMAN off.

2. Turn BOOKMAN over.

3. Align the tabs on the car-

tridge with the notches in

the slot.

4. Press the cartridge until it

snaps into place.

Selecting Books

Once you have installed a cartridge in

your BOOKMAN, you must select

which book you want to use.

1. Turn BOOKMAN on.

2. Press CARD .

These are sample books.

3. Press or to highlight the

book you want to use.

4. Press

ENTER

to select it.

➤ Removing Cartridges

Warning: When you remove a

cartridge to install another, informa-

tion that you entered in the

removed cartridge will be erased.

➤Resuming Where You Left Off

You can turn off BOOKMAN at

any screen. When you turn

BOOKMAN on again, the screen

that you last viewed appears.

Using the Color Keys

The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on

your BOOKMAN change functions ac-

cording to which book is selected.

When the built-in book is selected, the

color keys function as labelled on the

BOOKMAN keyboard. When a car-

tridge book is selected, the color keys

function as labelled on that cartridge.

Remember, the color keys for BOOK-

MAN books in cartridges function as

labelled on their cartridges, not as on

the keyboard.

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When no book cartridge is installed in

your BOOKMAN, a demonstration

automatically appears after you select

this book. To stop the demo, press

CLEAR

. To disable it, press

and

then select

Disable Demo

. To re-en-

able it, select

Enable Demo

When a book cartridge is installed,

select

View Demo

from the Other

menu to view its demo.

Viewing a Demonstration

➤ Help is Always at Hand

You can view a help message at

virtually any screen by pressing

HELP

. Press the direction keys to

read it. To exit help, press

BACK

➤ Follow the Arrows

The flashing arrows on the right of

the screen show which arrow keys

you can press to move around

menus or to view more text.

Answering Questions

Throughout this product you will find

decision trees asking you various

questions about your child’s emer-

gency. This will narrow down the emer-

gency so you can quickly find the

doctor's advice you need.

At the end of a question you will see

. Press

to answer yes, or

press Nto answer no. There will of-

ten be more than one question to an-

swer.

You can adjust the type size, shutoff

time, and screen contrast. The type

size changes the number of lines of

text that appear on screen. The shut-

off time is how long BOOKMAN stays

on if you forget to turn it off.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Press

3. Press the arrow keys to

highlight the Other menu.

4. Highlight Set Type Size, Set

Shutoff, or Set Contrast.

5. Press

ENTER

6. Highlight a setting.

Or press or if you selected

Set Contrast

. To exit without

changing settings, press

BACK

7. Press

ENTER

to select it.

Changing Settings

Finding Information Using the Contents Menu

To find information about your child’s

problem, type the symptom, illness, or

emergency at the entry screen. You

can find anything from a

Bee sting

to a

Broken bone

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Start typing nosebleed.

You go directly to the index list.

3. Press

ENTER

when nosebleed is

highlighted.

4. Press to read the advice.

There is a question at the end of

the advice.

5. Press

to answer yes or

press

to answer no.

6. Continue answering all

questions.

7. Press to read the advice.

8. Press

CLEAR

when done.

The Contents menu is divided into

three categories.

Emergencies

Com-

mon Problems and Concerns

, and

Pre-

vention

. They include general informa-

tion about many children’s health con-

cerns. Read them to learn more about

caring for your child’s health.

1. Press

2. Select a category from

the Contents menu

(e.g., I Emergencies).

3. Select a topic (e.g., 4. Choking).

4. Select a sub-topic, if needed

(e.g., Doctor’s advice).

5. Press to read.

6. Press

BACK

to go back to the

previous screen.

Using the Contents Menu Using the Contents Menu

Emergencies

This category has a section on

general information including

How to

Handle Emergencies

Cardiopulmo-

nary Resuscitation

The Emergency

Room

, and

The Hospital

. After

General Information

there are fifteen

emergency topics from which to

choose.

1. Bone & joint injuries

2. Breathing problems

3. Burns

4. Choking

5. Convulsions (seizures)

6. Cuts & bleeding

7. Drowning

8. Electrical injuries

9. Eye injuries

10. Fainting

11. Frostbite

12. Head injuries

13. Heat illnesses

14. Neck & back injuries

15. Poisoning

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Common Problems and Concerns

In this category, you will find informa-

tion on many common illnesses or

problems. The General Information

section includes

How to Use

Medicines

How to Use a Thermom-

eter

, and

How to Choose a Doctor

For Your Child

. The following list

shows the topics.

16. Bites & stings

17. Car sickness

18. Child abuse

19. Colds

20. Constipation

21. Coughing

22. Diaper rash

23. Diarrhea

24. Earaches

25. Feeding babies & young children

26. Fever

27. Fussy babies

28. Growth & development

29. Headaches

30. Head lice

31. Newborn babies

Using the Contents Menu

32. Nosebleeds

33. Pinkeye & sties

34. Pinworms

35. Rashes

36. Reye’s syndrome

37. Sore throats & tonsillitis

38. Stomach aches

39. Sunburn

40. Toddlers who say “no”

41. Vomiting

42. Warts

Using the Contents Menu

Prevention

This category is divided into three

main topics with many sub-topics on

preventing accidents, illnesses, and

injuries.

43. Prevention of accidents

Here you will find tips on

everything from

The risks as

your child grows

Toy safety

44. Immunizations (shots)

Select this topic to find out about

specific vaccines, if vaccines are

safe, if your child should receive

a dpt, and when your child

should be immunized.

45. Physical fitness

Select this topic to learn how

much exercise your child needs

and when and how to start.

There’s also a word about

smoking.

▲

➤Typing Numbers

You can also find a category by

typing the number in front of it. To

type a number, hold

✩

and press a

numbered key.

➤Using the Index Menu

You can also go to the Index by

pressing going to the main menus

and then highlighting

Index

. Start

typing an emergency to zoom

directly to it. Press

ENTER

to go to

the questions and then the advice.

Press

INFO

(red) to read the topic’s

general reference information.

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