Description of Event or Problem · 1
CODE WAS CALLED ON PATIENT IN AFTERNOON. WHEN I ARRIVED, I PLACED THE ZOLL PADS ON THE PATIENT WHO WAS ALREADY RECEIVING COMPRESSIONS. ONCE I CONNECTED THE PADS TO THE DEFIBRILLATOR. I NOTICED IT WAS NOT READING A DEPTH OR A RATE OF COMPRESSIONS. I LET THE FELLOW AND ATTENDING KNOW. THEY SAID OK, WE HAVE A PULSE WITH COMPRESSIONS WILL HAVE TO GO OFF OF THAT. THE PATIENT CODED AGAIN 30 MINUTES LATER. THE SAME PADS WERE STILL ON THE PATIENT, SO I CONNECTED THEM TO THE SAME DEFIBRILLATOR AND THIS TIME IT WAS READING A DEPTH AND RATE. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE I OBSERVED WAS THAT THE FIRST NURSE WAS USING THE ENCIRCLING TECHNIQUE FOR COMPRESSIONS AND THE SECOND TIME, WHICH WAS A DIFFERENT NURSE, WAS USING THE ONE HAND TECHNIQUE. MANUFACTURER RESPONSE FOR MULTIFUNCTION ELECTRODE TO USE WITH THE ZOLL DEFIBRILLATOR, ONE STEP PEDIATRIC CPR (PER SITE REPORTER): LOCAL REP HAS BEEN NOTIFIED WITH EMAIL "1/48/2017."