Activeforever Philips HeartStart AED OnSite Defibrillator - Manual (Page 5)

5 Philips HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator
The first defibrillator available
without a prescription to
commercial users
Ready when needed
The OnSite has a long-life battery:
• 5-year shelf life plus 4-year installed life.
• The same battery technology used with confidence in millions
of cameras.
Automatic self-tests help ensure continued readiness:
• Daily self-tests check electrical components, subsystems and
battery.
• A self-test also verifies that the pads cartridge is installed and
in working order.
• A blinking green “Ready” light means the OnSite has passed its
last self-test, so you can be confident the defibrillator is ready
for use.
Easy to use
Using the HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator is simple. Pulling the
green handle activates the defibrillator and voice instructions.
These instructions are paced to your actions, to help guide you
through the entire process – from placing each pad on the
patient to delivering a defibrillation shock.
HeartStart OnSite determines if a heart rhythm
is shockable.
• If a shock is indicated, the defibrillator directs you to
press the flashing orange Shock button.Then HeartStart
OnSite delivers a dose of low-energy biphasic therapy, a
highly-effective defibrillation waveform that is also
gentle to the heart.
• If a shock is not indicated, the OnSite Defibrillator
instructs you to perform CPR.While performing CPR,
the defibrillator’s voice instructions can be activated to
coach you on the frequency and depth of compressions
as well as breaths. HeartStart OnSite also reminds you
to call emergency medical services (EMS). And should
EMS need a summary of care, it can be retrieved from
the defibrillator’s internal memory. An EMS provider
simply presses the i-button and HeartStart OnSite
verbally recounts events from its last clinical use.