CABLES — Route all cables away from patient's throat to avoid possible strangulation.
CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS — Extreme care must be exercised when applying medical
electrical equipment. Many parts of the human/machine circuit are conductive, such as the
patient, connectors, electrodes, transducers. It is very important that these conductive parts do
not come into contact with other grounded, conductive parts when connected to the isolated
patient input of the device. Such contact would bridge the patient's isolation and cancel the
protection provided by the isolated input. In particular, there must be no contact of the neutral
electrode and ground.
DEFIBRILLATION — Do not come into contact with patients during defibrillation. Otherwise
serious injury or death could result.
To avoid the risk of serious electrical burn, shock, or other injury during defibrillation, all persons
must keep clear of the bed and must not touch the patient or any equipment connected to the
patient.
After defibrillation, the screen display recovers within 10seconds if the correct electrodes are
used and applied in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
ECG cables can be damaged when connected to a patient during defibrillation. Check cables
for functionality before using them again.
The peak of the synchronized defibrillator discharge should be delivered within 60ms of the
peak of the R wave. The signal at the ECG output on the patient monitors is delayed by a
maximum of 30ms.
If the ECG waveform on the screen is too unstable to synchronize with the patient’s heart beat
because of the following reason, remove the cause of an alarm, message, or unstable ECG,
and then use a stable ECG lead for synchronization.
ECG electrode is detached or broken. Lead wire is detached or broken.
Lead wire moves. AC interference, EMG noise or noise from ESU is superimposed.
Connection cable is broken or has a short circuit. Connector has poor contact.
INTERFACING OTHER EQUIPMENT — Devices may only be interconnected with each other
or to parts of the system when it has been determined by qualified biomedical engineering
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