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Updated: 01-28-2005 09:58:24 AM Customers of Widely Used AED Notified to Check Energy Setting Medtronic Lifepak 12 Defibrillator. Russell J. Dinnage Firehouse.Com News An urgent notification issued January 14 for the Lifepak 12 defibrillator/monitors series with Adaptiv biphasic technology by the maker Medtronic Emergency Response Systems has alerted numerous first responder units and hospitals nationwide of the risk of a potentially fatal equipment malfunction. If the Lifepak 12 with Adaptiv biphasic technology has recently undergone an operating software reinstallation or upgrade then the factory default level of joules when the unit is turned on may be lowered. The factory default level of joules for the Lifepak 12 with Adaptiv biphasic technology is 200. However, due to the operating software reinstallation or upgrade, the level of joules may be set at a default of 125 at start-up resulting in inappropriate energy delivery and failure of the device to escalate energy when configured to do so. Two reports of malfunctioning Lifepak 12 with Adaptiv biphasic technology defibrillators have been received by Medtronic, one involving a death. The lowered amount of energy may not be readily apparent to the user until the time of use unless the user is directly observing the displayed energy being delivered, according to the notification. The most common areas of placement and use for the Lifepak 12 with Adaptiv biphasic technology is with paramedics, ambulance crews, EMTs, fire trucks, and in hospital emergency rooms and fire stations. In particular, large metropolitan area fire departments may be at high risk since the Lifepak 12 with Adaptiv biphasic technology is widely distributed in cities, according to a Medtronic technical representative. "Every fire department or emergency responder has a different protocol for their usage of the device," said Joyce Szymanski, a public relations manager with Medtronic. "Some customers set their device at 200, some set it at 125 or 100. The purpose of the notification was to alert users to go back and check to make sure the correct amount of joules was being used." Szymanski also reiterated that the malfunction only occurs with the Lifepak 12 with Adaptiv biphasic technology which was first manufactured in 1999. "We know that the malfunction affects 7,000 customers and 40,000 devices worldwide," Szymanski said. "Owners of Lifepak automated external defibrillators used in any public or private settings, as well as users of any other Lifepak defibrillator used in hospitals, are not required to take action as a result of this issue." See the links below for a copy of the Medtronic Device Notification and for contact information for Medtronic. http://cms.firehouse.com/content/article/article.jsp?sectionId=17&id=38790 --- SMU-L Si vous avez plusieurs adresses email, vous pouvez les envoyer a Frederic Giroux a l'adresse [EMAIL PROTECTED] Un (ou des) alias pourront ainsi etre crees pour que vous puissiez envoyer des messages a travers la liste a partir de n'importe quel de vos alias. Autrement, les messages qui proviennent d'une adresse non-listee sont automatiquement rejetes.
