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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
The Board of Directors
Spacelabs Medical, Inc.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
333-15815) on Form S-8 of Spacelabs Medical, Inc. of our report dated June 9,
2000 relating to the statements of net assets available for benefits of
Spacelabs Medical, Inc. Incentive Savings and Stock Ownership Plan as of
December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the statements of changes in net assets
available for benefits for the years then ended and the related supplementary
schedule as of and for the year ended December 31, 1999, which report appears in
the December 31, 1999 annual report on Form 11-K of Spacelabs Medical, Inc.
Incentive Savings and Stock Ownership Plan.
KPMG LLP
Seattle, Washington
June 23, 2000
