Maintaining the equipment – Physio-Control LIFEPAK 15 User Manual

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MAINTAINING THE EQUIPMENT

LIFEPAK 15 Monitor/Defibrillator Operating Instructions

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7. Confirm that sense markers appear on each QRS complex. If sense markers do not appear, or

appear elsewhere on the ECG, press the

SELECTOR

on waveform Channel 1 and adjust ECG

size from the menu.

8. Confirm that the

RATE

menu appears.

9. Press

CURRENT

and increase the current to 80 mA.

10.Observe the screen for captured complexes. Confirm the

PACER

LED flashes with each

delivered pacing pulse.

11.Disconnect the QUIK-COMBO therapy cable from the simulator. Confirm that the pacemaker

stops pacing, the

CONNECT ELECTRODES

message appears, and an audible alarm sounds.

12.Reconnect the QUIK-COMBO therapy cable to the simulator. Confirm that the audible alarm

stops, the

PACING STOPPED

message is displayed, and current is 0 mA.

13.Wait approximately 30 seconds and confirm that an audible alarm occurs.

14.Increase current to 80 mA. Confirm that audible alarm stops.

15.Press

CHARGE

. Confirm that the

PACER

LED goes off and that heart rate and available energy

are displayed.