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Defibrillation
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User Guide
Internal safety discharge
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4.5 Internal safety discharge
If the device's behaviour differs from the description given in this user guide, the
device is defective and must be repaired.
An internal safety discharge ensures that the stored energy is discharged within the
device every time a defibrillation shock was not delivered correctly. An internal dis-
charge is performed if:
– the shock has not been delivered within the 20 seconds following the end of de-
fibrillation energy charging
– an electrode error is detected
– the battery voltage is insufficient
– the device is defective
– the device is switched off before the shock is delivered.
4.6 Finishing the therapy
• Disconnect the electrode cable.
• Switch off the device once the therapy has been completed (close the cover).
• Carefully peel the pads off the patient’s skin (
see
Fig. 4.12 Removing the adhesive
• Recycle the disposable pads immediately after use to keep them from being reused by
mistake (hospital waste).
• Connect a new "pre-connected" pad see
• Retrieve the intervention data see
5.1 Retrieving intervention data
Fig. 4.12
Removing the adhesive pads
• If the device is turned off for less than 5 minutes, all data is stored (even if the bat-
tery is removed), and the device continues to count the number of shocks deliv-
ered, to measure the time elapsed since the device was turned on, and to store
intervention events from the point at which the device was turned off.
4.7 Replacing the battery
1. Close the cover of the device.
2. Press the two ends of the battery lock down as indicated to remove the battery.
3. Insert a new battery (see