Physio-Control LIFEPAK 20e - Manual (Page 82)

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4-12 LIFEPAK 20e Defibrillator/Monitor Operating Instructions
Shock Advised
• If you did witness the arrest, you should press ANALYZE and proceed directly to shock. This
will end the CPR period and you will see and hear SHOCK ADVISED and STAND CLEAR, PUSH
TO SHOCK ( ). Proceed according to your training with the AED for delivering the shock.
Note: The decision to end CPR early is based on your hospital protocol.
• If you did not witness the arrest, you should perform CPR and not press ANALYZE . The
INITIAL CPR countdown timer continues for the duration specified in the INITIAL CPR TIME
setup option, for example, 90 seconds. When initial CPR time ends, you will see and hear
SHOCK ADVISED . Proceed according to your training with the AED for delivering a shock.
PreShock CPR Time
When PRESHOCK CPR time is set to 15 seconds or more, you are prompted to start CPR
immediately after a shockable rhythm is detected, before the shock is delivered.
The SHOCK button is disabled during the preshock CPR interval to avoid accidental shock
delivery while the defibrillator is charged and a responder is performing CPR.
If the AED detects a shockable rhythm,
you will see and hear
START CPR
followed by IF YOU WITNESSED THE
ARREST, PUSH ANALYZE . This provides
an opportunity to end the initial CPR
early and proceed directly to delivering
a shock.
After analysis is complete, you will see
and hear
START CPR . A countdown
timer (min:sec format) continues for the
duration specified in the
PRESHOCK
CPR time setup option (for example, 15
seconds).
When CPR time ends you will then see
and hear
SHOCK ADVISED . Proceed
according to your training with the AED
for delivering a shock.