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Defibrillation
4.6
Manual Defibrillation (option)
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4.6.1
Manual defibrillation - description
The user is informed of each step by a voice prompt as well as text instructions on the
display.
Turning on the device and
switching to manual mode
Press the green button
to switch on the device.
Wait until the device has fully started up and is prompting you to connect and apply
the electrodes.
Simultaneously press the green and orange button
+
. You are prompted to
press the buttons a second time to confirm switchover to manual mode. You need to
confirm this within 5 seconds.
Connect the electrode cable and apply the electrodes to the patient's chest (see sec-
tion
4.3 Applying the adhesive electrodes).
The patient's ECG signal is automatically displayed when the
FRED easy®
is
switched to manual mode.
Defibrillator charging
In manual defibrillation, the energy values of the first 3 shocks are those defined for
the semi-automatic mode. For all subsequent shocks, the energy level of the 3
rd
shock is used.
The device prompts the user to press the green button
to charge the energy. The
charging progress is displayed on the screen.
Shock delivery
As soon as the set energy is charged, the orange button
is lit and the user is
prompted to deliver the shock (by voice prompt as well as written instructions).
Once the shock is delivered, the device repeats the prompt to charge the energy for
the following shock.
