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Don’t touch the patient. Wait while the AED analyses the
state of the patient’s heart. The voice prompt will advise you
whether or not a shock is appropriate.
If a shock is needed the centre button flashes.
Press this button and the shock is delivered.
Continue CPR afterwards — the AED now clicks
like a metronome and monitors the depth compressions with
spoken comments like “Good CPR” or “Press harder” .
Leave the AED connected until the ambulance arrives– it will tell
you when or if another shock is needed and to repeat the sequence.
Copies of the Zoll AED 3 poster SYMPTOMS & ACTION for HEART ATTACKS
will be available at the village
hall. Note that the sequence on Pain in the chest, arms, neck, jaw, back or stomach
the poster starts with the AED Sweating; feeling light-headed or nauseous.
being switched on. In most cases Being short of breath or vomiting.
there will be a delay while the Call an ambulance. The patient must not move but
defibrillator is collected so CPR should sit and rest. Raise feet with cushions. Do NOT use
should be started until it arrives. an AED unless the attack turns into a cardiac arrest.
Adrian says… The US manufacturers of our defibrillator have
a range of supporting documents on their
“Don’t waste time company web site and videos on YouTube. The
searching for a pulse. In most useful is a 7 minute video called:
tests many doctors spent so ZOLL AED 3 Inside the Rescue —this is well
much time searching they worth watching several times. Actors
detected pulses in dead demonstrate the processes; you see and hear
bodies! They had ended up the visual and speech prompts from the
feeling the pulses in their machine. Click the movie image to view on in a
own finger tips.” new tab or use the address:
Ignore the 2nd www.tinyurl.com/LNewsAED
icon — stick to
shouting and The poster, Quick Start
listening for breathing. Guide and the full
Operators’ Manual are
available on the Zoll web
site — but you have to
register a user and
receive a (polite) sales
call. To save time there is
an extra Flip Book page to
download these, listen to
the radio discussion and
to play the video. Click
this image or go to:
long-mountain.co.uk/AED
Don’t touch the patient. Wait while the AED analyses the
state of the patient’s heart. The voice prompt will advise you
whether or not a shock is appropriate.
If a shock is needed the centre button flashes.
Press this button and the shock is delivered.
Continue CPR afterwards — the AED now clicks
like a metronome and monitors the depth compressions with
spoken comments like “Good CPR” or “Press harder” .
Leave the AED connected until the ambulance arrives– it will tell
you when or if another shock is needed and to repeat the sequence.
Copies of the Zoll AED 3 poster SYMPTOMS & ACTION for HEART ATTACKS
will be available at the village
hall. Note that the sequence on Pain in the chest, arms, neck, jaw, back or stomach
the poster starts with the AED Sweating; feeling light-headed or nauseous.
being switched on. In most cases Being short of breath or vomiting.
there will be a delay while the Call an ambulance. The patient must not move but
defibrillator is collected so CPR should sit and rest. Raise feet with cushions. Do NOT use
should be started until it arrives. an AED unless the attack turns into a cardiac arrest.
Adrian says… The US manufacturers of our defibrillator have
a range of supporting documents on their
“Don’t waste time company web site and videos on YouTube. The
searching for a pulse. In most useful is a 7 minute video called:
tests many doctors spent so ZOLL AED 3 Inside the Rescue —this is well
much time searching they worth watching several times. Actors
detected pulses in dead demonstrate the processes; you see and hear
bodies! They had ended up the visual and speech prompts from the
feeling the pulses in their machine. Click the movie image to view on in a
own finger tips.” new tab or use the address:
Ignore the 2nd www.tinyurl.com/LNewsAED
icon — stick to
shouting and The poster, Quick Start
listening for breathing. Guide and the full
Operators’ Manual are
available on the Zoll web
site — but you have to
register a user and
receive a (polite) sales
call. To save time there is
an extra Flip Book page to
download these, listen to
the radio discussion and
to play the video. Click
this image or go to:
long-mountain.co.uk/AED
