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Interactive ECG Simulator
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Life
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Interactive ECG Simulator is an easy to use training tool that allows
you to practice defibrillation and pacing procedures with or without a defib manikin.
For arrhythmia recognition, you can select fibrillations, tachycar dias, and bradycar-
dias in either adult or pediatric format.
ON-OFF
Press to power-on and to power-off.
LOW BATT
Red indicator illuminates when battery needs replacement.
DEFIB DISCHG
Green indicator illuminates for two seconds when defib discharge is sensed.
If defibrillating Nasco manikin, set defib to 2J or more. If defibrillating directly
into simulator, set defib to 50J or more.
convert
Simulate cardioversion by activating convert feature. Simulator responds to
defib discharge.
Adult Ped
Yellow indicators tell which rhythm set is being simulated — adult or pediatric.
age group
Press to select adult rhythm set or pediatric rhythm set.
PACER PULSE
Green indicator flashes when external pacer pulse is sensed. (Captured beat
is simulated, too.) Sensing occurs when external pacer current set to 60mA -
70mA or more.
convert
The convert feature allows you to convert automatically from one rhythm
(running rhythm) to another rhythm (waiting rhythm) when a defib discharge
is sensed. If defibrillating into Nasco manikin, set defib energy to 2J or more.
If defibrillating directly into simulator, set defib energy to 50J or more.
To perform convert operation:
1.
Press
convert
key. Indicator of running rhythm pulses brighter.
2.
Press key of rhythm to be simulated immediately after defib discharge.
Indicator of this (waiting) rhythm blinks on and off.
3.
Discharge defibrillator. The waiting rhythm becomes the running rhythm.
To cancel convert operation before it’s completed, either press convert key
again or press key of running rhythm. If convert operation is stared, but a
discharge is not sensed within two minutes, the convert operation cancels
automatically.
age group
The age group feature allows you to simulate either adult or pediatric rhythms.
In general, P wave amplitudes PR intervals, QRS durations, QRS axes, and
ventricular rates are representative of the age group selected.
Adult
and
Ped
indicators tell you which rhythm set is selected. To switch from
one set of rhythms to the other, press age group key, then key of rhythm you
wish to simulate. If age group key is pressed, but a rhythm key is not
pressed, the age group changes within two seconds. At power-on, adult age
group is selected automatically.
Procedure B
