User Manual

4 Therapy

Therapy

LIFEPAK 20e Defibrillator/Monitor Operating Instructions 4-11

• If you did witness the arrest, you should press ANALYZE and proceed directly to analysis. This

will end the CPR period and you will see and hear

ANALYZING NOW, STAND CLEAR.

Note: The decision to end CPR early is based on your hospital protocol.

• If you did not witness the arrest, you should perform CPR and not press

ANALYZE. The

INITIAL CPR countdown timer continues for the duration specified in the INITIAL CPR TIME

setup option, for example, 90 seconds. When

INITIAL CPR TIME ends, you will see and hear

PUSH ANALYZE.

Initial CPR - Analyze First

When the INITIAL CPR option is set to ANALYZE FIRST, you will be prompted to perform analysis

after the AED is turned on. CPR is prompted after the AED completes the analysis.

If the electrodes are not attached to the patient, you will see and hear

CONNECT ELECTRODES

before you are prompted to perform analysis.

No Shock Advised

When initial CPR time ends, you will see and hear NO SHOCK ADVISED followed by PUSH

ANALYZE

After 3 seconds, a countdown timer

continues for the duration specified in

the initial CPR period and you will see

and hear

IF YOU WITNESSED THE

ARREST, PUSH ANALYZE

. This provides

an opportunity to end the initial CPR

early and proceed to analysis.

If the AED detects a nonshockable

rhythm, you will be prompted to

START

CPR.

A countdown timer (min:sec

format) continues for the duration

specified in the

INITIAL CPR TIME setup

option. (Refer to Section 8).