Make sure the emergency is about the patient, not the equipment.
Cardiac arrest is a sudden and life-threatening event. Every minute counts until a life-saving shock is delivered, restoring a patient’s heart to a normal rhythm.
Verifying the performance of defibrillators is a routine and necessary process. Several automated external defibrillator brands (AEDs) have self-testing functions. However, with the number of adverse AED events reported to the FDA,* and the addition of impedance-sensing circuitry in defibrillators and AEDs, routine testing and relying on self-tests might not be enough.
Top 5 Common Preventative Maintenance Checks Required on an AED or defibrillator that should be performed at least once per year include:
Deliver any energy (monophasic, biphasic and pulsed-biphasic) and see what it measured
Properly tests all defibrillator and AED devices (including Shock Advisory)
Ensure proper loads used for testing with built-in Pacer brand selections
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Learn how a comprehensive defibrillator/AED test system supports the breadth of testing needs for cardiac-resuscitation equipment.
*During a 5 year period ending in 2009, automated external defibrillator (AED) malfunction reports increased by 85%; of the 28,000 reports, 750 were filed following a death, “A Shocking Truth: AED failures,” Heart Saver NZ Ltd., August 25, 2014
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