Safety Notes For The Protection Of Third Parties - Primedic HeartSave AED Operating Instructions Manual

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3.5 Safety notes for the protection of third parties

HeartSave AED / AED-M, 21212 / GB / E02
other therapeutic and diagnostic energy sources (e.g.
diathermy, high frequency surgery, magnetic resonance
tomography). These devices can affect the PRIMEDIC™
HeartSave and disrupt the way it operates. For this reason,
disconnect the patient from any interfering devices.

During defibrillation, disconnect the patient from all other
medically used devices which do not have a defibrillation
resistant application part.

Keep the defibrillation electrodes away from other
electrodes and from metallic parts which are in contact
with the patient.
DANGER

Do not use the device on children under the age of 8 or on
children with an estimated body weight of less than 25 kg.

Position the electrodes precisely according to the
description.

Dry the chest and carefully remove any large amount of
hair on the patient before applying the defibrillation
electrodes.

Do not place the defibrillation electrodes directly over an
implanted pacemaker to avoid a possible misinterpretation
by the device and to avoid any damage to the pacemaker
from the defibrillation impulse.

Do not touch the patient during the ECG analysis and
avoid any vibrations.

If the ECG analysis is being carried out in a vehicle, the
vehicle has to stop and switch off the engine to guarantee
correct analysis.

Stop any reanimation while the PRIMEDIC™ HeartSave is
analysing the ECG.

Do not touch the patient during defibrillation. Avoid any
contact between
parts of the patient's body (such as bare skin on head
o
or legs), as well as
conductible liquids (such as gels, blood or salt
o
solutions) and
metallic objects in the vicinity of the patient (such as
o
bed frame or stretching device), which represent
unintentional paths for the defibrillation current!
DANGER
Warn people in the vicinity loudly and clearly before the
defibrillation so that they step back from the patient and are
no longer in contact with him.
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