Physio Control LUCAS 3, Instructor Manual

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2 / CLASSROOM TRAINING INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
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Control Panel
The Control Panel is intended to be simple and easy to use, and after you turn the device
on, the steps are numbered 1 through 3.
The
ON/OFF
button is in the top left of the Control Panel in the gray bar. Push and hold
this button for one second to power up or power down the LUCAS device. When the device
powers up, it automatically does a self-test of the functions and the protective system.
When the self-test is complete, the green LED beside the
ADJUST key illuminates. This
takes approximately three seconds.
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When you are using the LUCAS device, the very first thing you do, even before taking
it out of the Carrying Case, is to press the ON/OFF button and turn the device on.
The orange button is the
ADJUST
button. It is also labeled with a “1”. When you turn the
device on, it automatically enters the ADJUST mode, which is used to adjust the position of
the Suction Cup. When you push this button, you can manually move the Suction Cup up
or down. To adjust the start position of the Suction Cup, manually push down the Suction
Cup, extending the Piston with two fingers onto the chest of the patient, ensuring the
pressure pad touches the patient’s chest.
Press the PAUSE button, labeled with a “2”, to lock the Piston in the Start Position. Also,
use this when you want to stop the device and temporarily pause compressions but still
want to keep the Start Position of the Suction Cup.
There are two ACTIVE modes on the device. One is ACTIVE (continuous) and the
other is
ACTIVE (30:2)
.
In continuous mode the device will perform continuous compressions at 102 ± 2
compressions per minute; use this setting if the patient is intubated. The green LED next to
the button for continuous mode will blink ten times per minute to alert for ventilation during
ongoing compressions.
When you push the ACTIVE (30:2) button, the device will perform 30 compressions,
then temporarily stop for three seconds to allow for giving two ventilations, and continues
this cycle. An intermittent LED in combination with an alarm signal sequence on the 28th,
29th and 30th compression will alert the operator before each ventilation pause.