User's Manual

68 Cardiac Airbag Technical Manual
6. Follow-up Procedures
6.1 General Considerations
An ICD follow-up serves to verify appropriate function of the ICD
system, and to optimize the programmable parameter settings.
In addition to evaluating the patient’s stored therapy history and
electrograms, acute testing of sensing and pacing is
recommended. As the final step during the patient follow-up, the
programmed parameters should be verified with the physicians
and the permanent program should be retransmitted to the ICD.
ACC/AHA/NASPE Guidelines recommend the physician perform
a patient follow-up visit every 3 months.
6.2 Suggested Cardiac Airbag Follow-Up
Procedure
Setting up the programmer
1. Turn power ON.
2. Ensure the programmer date and time are correct.
3. To change the date and time, access
More → Preferences → PC from the implant screen
4. Connect the patient to the surface ECG cable.
5. Place the programming wand over the ICD. A green
flashing light indicates a good telemetry
communication.
6. The Cardiac Airbag is automatically interrogated
with the wand over the ICD.