Physio-Control LUCAS - Manuel (Page 3)

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LUCAS TM C HEST C OMPRESSION S YSTEM I NSTRUCTIONS FOR U SE
Table of Contents
I MPORTANT USER INFORMATION .............................................................. 8
1 I NTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 10
1.1 I NTENDED USE ........................................................................................ 10
1.2 C ONTRAINDICATIONS ............................................................................... 10
1.3 LUCAS C HEST C OMPRESSION S YSTEM ........................................................ 10
1.4 LUCAS C OMPONENTS ............................................................................. 12
1.5 ON/OFF- KNOB , POSITIONS ...................................................................... 13
1.6 D ESCRIPTION .......................................................................................... 14
1.7 S YMBOLS ON THE DEVICE .......................................................................... 16
1.8 D ELIVERED ITEMS ..................................................................................... 18
1.9 A TTACHING A CONNECTOR ....................................................................... 18
1.10 T HE LUCAS TEAM ................................................................................... 18
1.11 B ACKGROUND ......................................................................................... 20
1.12 C HEST COMPRESSIONS USING LUCAS......................................................... 22
1.13 S IDE EFFECTS .......................................................................................... 22
2 W ARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS ....................................................... 24
2.1 A SSEMBLY ............................................................................................... 24
2.2 U SING LUCAS C HEST C OMPRESSION S YSTEM .............................................. 26
2.3 C ONNECTION TO AIR SUPPLY ..................................................................... 28
2.4 A DJUSTING LUCAS TO THE PATIENT ........................................................... 30
2.5 H ANDLING LUCAS C HEST C OMPRESSION S YSTEM ........................................ 32
3 U SING LUCAS .............................................................................. 34
3.1 A RRIVAL AT THE PATIENT ........................................................................... 34
3.2 U NPACKING AND CONNECTING THE AIR ....................................................... 34
3.3 A SSEMBLY ............................................................................................... 38
3.4 A DJUSTMENT .......................................................................................... 40
3.5 O PERATING LUCAS C HEST C OMPRESSION S YSTEM ....................................... 42
3.6 D EFIBRILLATION ...................................................................................... 44
3.7 T RANSPORTING THE PATIENT ..................................................................... 46
3.8 C HANGING AIR SOURCES ........................................................................... 50
3.9 R EMOVING LUCAS FROM THE PATIENT ....................................................... 52
4 C ARE AFTER USE ............................................................................ 54
4.1 C LEANING ROUTINES ................................................................................ 54
4.2 R OUTINE CHECKS .................................................................................... 58
4.3 S TORAGE ................................................................................................ 58
4.4 S ERVICE ................................................................................................. 60
5 P ACKING AWAY THE DEVICE ............................................................ 62
6 T ECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ............................................................. 64
A PPENDIX A (E NGLISH ) ........................................................................ 70
D ISTRIBUTORS /D ISTRIBUTEURS /D ISTRIBUTEURS ...................................... 73