Using The Cpr Monitoring Function - Real Cpr Help; Using The Audio Recording Option - ZOLL aed plus Administrator's Manual

Using the CPR Monitoring Function — Real CPR Help
When used with ZOLL CPR-D-padz, the Fully Automatic AED Plus monitors the rate and depth of
CPR chest compressions. The Fully Automatic AED Plus provides a CPR adaptive metronome function
designed to encourage rescuers to perform chest compressions at the AHA/ERC recommended rate of
100 compressions per minute. Voice and visual prompts encourage a a compression depth of 5 - 6 cm
for adult victims. Real CPR Help operates only when CPR-D-padz are used, and is intended for use on
adult victims only.
To use Real CPR Help you must do the following:
1. Connect CPR-D-padz to the Fully Automatic AED Plus unit.
2. Apply the CPR-D-padz to the victim as described in the previous section
Ensure that the CPR sensor is centered on the lower half of the victim's sternum.
3. If no signs of circulation are present when the Fully Automatic AED Plus issues the START CPR
prompt, place your hands on top of the CPR sensor and push on the sensor to deliver chest
compressions to the victim.
After your first few compressions, the Fully Automatic AED Plus adaptive metronome will begin
issuing timing beeps. Try to maintain synchronization between these beeps and your chest
compressions. Shortly after you stop chest compressions to deliver rescue breaths the metronome
will stop beeping.
NOTE If the Fully Automatic AED Plus prompts you to PUSH HARDER, your compressions are less than 5 cm
deep. Increase your compression depth to improve CPR performance.
4. Deliver the appropriate number of rescue breaths then resume chest compressions. The metronome
will begin to beep again after your first few compressions have been delivered.

Using the Audio Recording Option

If installed and configured, the Fully Automatic AED Plus contains an audio recording option that
records and stores 20 minutes of continuous audio and clinical event data during a rescue. (The unit
records and stores at least 7 hours of clinical event data if the audio recording option is disabled.) The
recorded audio data is synchronized to the clinical event data. The audio recording starts when the Fully
Automatic AED Plus issues the STAY CALM prompt.
NOTE The Fully Automatic AED Plus allows for up to 3 minutes of audio recording prior to electrode
attachment. When you turn the unit off, the first indicator light (LED) on the graphical user interface
illuminates and the second indicator light (LED) flashes intermittently while the unit stores the data in
memory.
Whenever the device detects a clinical event in rescue mode, the Fully Automatic AED Plus deletes
previously stored data (ECG, Audio and Event) from memory before data for the current rescue is
recorded. Overwriting of old ECG, audio and event data begins 10 seconds after the electrodes are
properly connected to the victim. However, if the Fully Automatic AED Plus is started in Non-rescue
Mode, the recorded data of the last rescue is retained and may be uploaded to a data storage or archiving
system.
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