Physio Control LIFEPAK 20, Manual

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LIFEPAK 20e Defibrillator/Monitor Operating Instructions G-3
©2006-2015 Physio-Control, Inc.
Stacked Shocks
When set to
OFF
, the
STACKED SHOCKS
option inserts prompting for CPR after each (a single)
shock. This eliminates the three-shock stack. CPR is prompted after the shock regardless of the
ECG rhythm. The CPR time following the shock is determined by the
CPR TIME 1
setting
selected. Choices for the
STACKED SHOCKS
option are
ON
or
OFF
. The default setting is
OFF
.
When this option is set to
ON
, the defibrillator follows the previously traditional stacked shock
protocol and delivers up to three consecutive shocks, as necessary, without interposed CPR.
Pulse Check
The
PULSE CHECK
option inserts prompting to check for a pulse or check the patient, depending
on the
PULSE PROMPT
setting. The choices for
PULSE CHECKS
are:
ALWAYS, AFTER EVERY
NSA, AFTER SECOND NSA
, and
NEVER
. The default setting is
NEVER
.
• The
ALWAYS
option prompts for a pulse check after CPR Times 1 and 2, after a
NO SHOCK
ADVISED
decision, after a single
SHOCK ADVISED
decision with
STACKED SHOCKS OFF
, or
after three consecutive
SHOCK ADVISED
decisions if
STACKED SHOCKS
is
ON
.
• The
AFTER EVERY NSA
option prompts for a pulse check after every
NO SHOCK ADVISED
decision.
• The
AFTER SECOND NSA
option prompts for a pulse check after the second analysis if the
second analysis results in a
NO SHOCK ADVISED
decision, regardless of the first analysis
decision (
SHOCK ADVISED
or
NO SHOCK ADVISED
).
• The
NEVER
option eliminates all
PULSE CHECK
prompts.