Philips Healthcare HeartStart OnSite AED Information
Easy to Use Using the HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator is simple. Pulling the green handle powers-up the 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 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.
The OnSite is just one part of a well-designed emergency response plan. Any emergency response plan should be under the oversight of a physician and include CPR training.