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Patient Preparation
Evaluate the condition of the patient. The patient must exhibit the symptoms for which the
defibrillation is indicated. These symptoms are:
Unconsciousness
Absence of normal breathing and
Lack of detectable pulse.
If the patient is exhibiting the said symptoms, do the following:
- Remove clothing from the patient’s chest. Wipe moisture and clip or shave excessive
chest hair.
- If using the standards pads, make sure to use on each one enough conductive gel.
- If using disposable pads, peel off their protective sheets. Attach the pads to the patient.
The sticky side must be in contact with the patient’s skin. Place the pads in accordance
with the graphic guide at the back of the pads. The placement is also shown in the figure
below
How to connect the patient cable for ECG monitoring
Lead
‘N’ ,
: right leg
Lead
‘R’
, (RA)
: right arm
Lead
‘F’ ,
(LL)
: left leg
Lead
‘L’ ,
(LA)
: left arm
Connect the patient cable lead in its proper port
‘ECG’
placed on the frontal panel of the device.
Defibrillation procedure
1.
Switch on the device using the
ON/OFF
push button. By default the energy is set to
150 J.
The ECG trace and the heart rate will be displayed .
2.
Select the energy level required.
3.
If you are using the standard pads, apply the paddles to the patient chest and press both push
buttons on the handles to start charging to the selected energy.
If you are using disposable pads press the
CHARGE
push button to start charging after placing
the pads to the patient chest.
The
ARMING
message will be displayed and the charging sound will start.
When the charge ends the
READY
message will be displayed and on the
SHOCK
key the red light
will go on. This means that the RESCUE 230 is ready for defibrillation.
STERNUM
APEX
