Thursday, December 5, 2013

Phillips AED recall


Some models of Phillips HeartStart defibrillators are being recalled.

The USDA MedWatch site reports that some models of Phillips Automated Electronic Defibrillator (AED) may not deliver enough voltage to be effective.

The Phillips company has issued a voluntary recall for several of their models...details may be found in this article on their website. The website also has info on how to identify, specifically, which models and units are being recalled.

If you have Phillips defibrillator in your home or business, please check the site above to ensure that your device will work properly.


As info, Southern Jasper County Ambulance Service uses a Physio-Control AED, shown here (the snazzy yellow model) on the left.



We also use the LifePak 15 model (shown here on the right) in the ambulance itself, although it's also portable and can be moved to the patient, if necessary.

When it comes to defibrillators, it's imperative that they work properly the first time, every time, and we're all fortunate that the town and township provide high quality and reliable medical equipment.

It's our pleasure, as volunteer EMS workers, to have this kind of equipment at our disposal: not all EMS agencies are so fortunate.

AEDs are a modern medical marvel and, while they don't work in all cases, they can be very effective for specific types of cardiac arrest, such ventricular fibrillation


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