Defibrillator/monitor/pacemakers.
Defibrillator/monitors allow operators to assess and monitor a patient's ECG and, when necessary, deliver a defibrillating shock to the heart. When integral noninvasive pacing is added, the device is called a defibrillator/monitor/pacemaker. In this Evaluation, we present our findings for two newly evaluated models, the Welch Allyn PIC 50 and the Zoll M Series CCT, and we summarize our findings for the previously evaluated models that are still on the market. We rate the models for the following applications: general crash-cart use, in-hospital transport use, and emergency medical service (EMS) use.
D000552:Ambulances; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial