User guide

P/N. 11016-001 Rev. January 7, 2005 Page 3-1
User Guide
AutoPulse™ Resuscitation System Model 100
3 Using the AutoPulse System
This chapter describes how to use the AutoPulse System in an emergency situation. The AutoPulse
Platform User Control Panel automatically provides display prompts to guide you.
Before deploying the AutoPulse System, note the following warnings and precautions:
Caution: Use care while using sharp instruments around the LifeBand Chest Compression Assembly
(CCA).
Caution: Do not block the vents of the AutoPulse Platform.
3.1 Deploying the AutoPulse System
Once you have arrived upon the scene and determined that use of the AutoPulse System is appropriate,
prepare the AutoPulse Platform for use.
1. Power up the AutoPulse Platform. The ON/OFF button is located on the top (“head”) edge of the
AutoPulse Platform (see Figure 3-1).
Figure 3-1 ON/OFF Button Location
Warning:
• The AutoPulse System is not intended for pediatric use.
• The AutoPulse System is not intended for patients with traumatic injury (wounds resulting
from sudden physical injury or violence).
• Manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) should start immediately and should not be
postponed by deployment of the AutoPulse System.
• The AutoPulse System must be used only in cases that manual CPR would normally be
initiated. Personnel certified in manual CPR must always be present during the AutoPulse
System operation.
ON/OFF button
User Control Panel