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Philips, the leader in portable defibrillation technology¹, designed
the HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator for the ordinary person in the
extraordinary moment. Available without a prescription, the OnSite is
designed to be the easiest-to-use²,³and most reliable defibrillator
available. Our innovative technology, based on extensive research and
user feedback, has produced a defibrillator so easy to use that 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 through each step of
defibrillation 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 adults, as well as infants and children4.
Ready When Needed
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Between uses, the defibrillator performs daily, weekly, and monthly
self-tests of its electrical components, subsystems, and battery to
help ensure continued reliability and readiness. 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
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As long as the green “Ready” light on the defibrillator is blinking,
the OnSite has passed its last self-test and you can be confident the
HeartStart OnSite is ready for use. If a self-test finds that 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 activates the defibrillator and 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 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 assess the patient and to perform CPR when necessary.
While performing 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 internal memory. An EMS provider simply presses the
“i-button” and HeartStart OnSite verbally recounts events from its last
clinical use.
Philips, Leading the Way
The HeartStart OnSite
Defibrillator is the first defibrillator available for commercial and
institutional users without a prescription. As the leader in innovative
defibrillation technology, Philips is committed to making
defibrillators more widely available so that more lives can be saved.
Now with over-the-counter status, Philips is making it easier for
companies and organizations to institute early defibrillation programs.
Defibrillators are just one aspect of a well-planned resuscitation
program. Philips recommends medical oversight of early defibrillation
programs by a physician or other authorized medical practitioner. To
support customers' implementation efforts, Philips
offers HeartStart Essentials, a suite of comprehensive products
and services designed to help you deploy a successful defibrillation
program - from planning and medical direction, to training and
post-sales support.
References
1. Frost & Sullivan
2. Andre, et al. Automated External Defibrillator Use
by Untrained Bystanders: Can the Public-use Model Work? Pre-hospital
Emergency Care 2004;8:284-291
3. Snyder, Time to Shock vs. Voice Prompt Duration:
Optimization of Defibrillators for Public Access and Home Deployment.
6th Scientific Congress of the European Resuscitation Council, Oct 2002
4. The Infant/Child pads cartridge is sold separately, and available only under the orders of a physician.
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