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Operation – Therapy
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5.2 Preparing the Patient for Defibrillation,
Cardioversion and Pacer Therapy
Caution
As a side effect of the defibrillation, a reddening of the skin and, in case of
excessive hair, burn injuries may occur.
WARNING
Recording of the ECG with therapy electrodes or via the 4 pole ECG
monitoring cable is impaired if the skin is contaminated or in case of
excessive hair.
Before therapeutic measures can be performed, the patient has to be prepared:
1. Remove clothes from the patient's upper body.
2. Remove any item of jewelry that is located close to or between the two
therapy electrodes.
3. Remove excessive hair, so that the conductive areas of the therapy
electrodes can have full contact with the skin.
4. Clean and dry the skin before using therapy electrodes.
With attached therapy electrodes, the patient impedance is measured by the
device and displayed in inverted colours as "OK", "LOW" or "HIGH" in
defibrillation mode
When the impedance is too low or too high, the shock release is blocked.
High impedance is displayed in case of:
• excessive hair,
• contaminated skin,
• shock paddles not completely wetted with electrode gel,
• too little contact pressure of the shock paddles,
• wrong position of the corPatch electrodes,
• air pockets included when attaching corPatch electrodes
Low impedance is displayed in case of:
• use of too much electrode gel on the shock paddles,
• too little distance between the therapy electrodes,
• wet patient skin,
• technical problems with the electrode cable.
WARNING
On metallic and/or wet surfaces the following protective measures have to be
taken during defibrillation:
• Release of the shock in semi-modular operation (only when using
corPatch electrodes) with sufficient safety distance to patient;
• Placing the patient on a dry stretcher or non-conductive surface before
defibrillation.
Preparing the
patient
Patient
impedance
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