Philips HeartStart OnSite AED (#M5066A-C01)

Philips,the leader in defibrillation technology, designed the HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator for the ordinary person in the extraordinary moment. Their innovative technology, based on extensive research and user feedback, has produced a defibrillator so easy to use that, with minimal training, you can potentially save the life of a co-worker, friend, or anyone else stricken with sudden cardiac arrest.

Weighing just 3.3 lbs., this small and lightweight defibrillator can be easily carried to the patient's side. Using clear, natural voice instructions, the OnSite Defibrillator guides you, the first caregiver on the scene, through each step of defibrillaton and CPR. Integrated SMART Pads placed on the patient's bare skin transmit information to the defibrillator, which senses and adapts to your actions every step of the way.

HeartStart OnSite includes proven Philips technologies for heart rhythm assessment (SMART Analysis) and defibrillation energy delivery (SMART Biphasic). And like all HeartStart defibrillators, it can be used to treat infants, children, and adults.

READY WHEN NEEDED

HeartStart OnSite is powered by a simple, safe, long-life (four-year) battery, the same technology used in cameras. Just click the battery in place, and the defibrillator is standing by, ready for use.

Between uses, the defibrillator performs daily, weekly, and monthly self-tests of its electrical components, subsystems, and battery to help ensure continued reliability and readyness. A pads integrity test, which checks daily that the cartridge is properly installed and that the defibrillator pads are in working order, provides an additional level of assurance.

As lona as the green "Ready" light on the defibrillator is blinking, you can be certain the HeartStart OnSite is ready for use. If any part of the defibrillator needs attention, the "Ready" light turns off and the defibrillator "chirps" to alert you. Pressing the flashing blue "information" button provides verbal guidance to help you identify and correct the situation.

EASY TO USE

Using the HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator is simple. Pulling the green handle powers-up the defibrillator and activates voice instructions. These instructions are paced to your actions, to help guide you through the entire process, from placing pads on the patient to delivering a defibrillation shock.

HeartStart OnSite determines if a shock is needed, based on its automated assessment of the victim's heart rhythm:

* If a shock is needed, 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 needed, the OnSite Defibrillator instructs you to assess the patient and to preform CPR when necessary. While
preforming CPR, the defibrillator's voice instructions can be activated to coach you on the frequency and depth of compressions.

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 internay memory. An EMS provider simply presses the "i-button" and HeartStart OnSite verbally recounts events from its last clinical use.

REPLACEABLE SMART PADS CARTRIDGES

The cartridge contains two adhesive pads that are peeled and placed on the patient's bare skin as indicated by the pictures on the pads. The pads are "smart" because they can sense that they have been removed from the cartridge and applied to the patient.

HeartStart OnSite can be used on patients of any age. Special Infant/Child SMART Pads reduce the defibrillaror's shock energy, so that they can treat an infant or a child suffering sudden cardiac arrest. The Infant/Child Pads cartridge is marked with an indication or the appropriate weight and with a teddy bear icon for ready identification.

To practice your skills, a special training pads cartridge (adult or infant/child) can be installed in the defibrillator. It suspends the defibrillator's ability to shock, while walking you through patient care scenarios.

PACKAGE INCLUDES:

* Philips HeartStart OnSite AED with a 5-year warranty
* OnSite lithium manganese dioxide long-life battery with a 4-year warranty
* 2 - OnSite adult SMART Pads cartridges (pads are single use)
* OnSite standard carry case (this case will hold your AED along with a space for an additional battery and pads cartridge)
* Fast Response Kit (includes: 2 pairs of nitrile gloves, a Laerdal CPR mask, emergency scissors, disposable razor, and absorbent paper
towel)