OHM Medical
Children under 8 years of age or weighing
less than 55 pounds (25 kg), including infants, should be treated using HeartStart Infant/Child SMART Pads, if available. These pads instruct the defibrillator to provide voice instructions appropriate for a pediatric patient, and to reduce the energy of its shock from 150 to 50 Joules (J), a more appropriate dosage.1,2 The Infant/Child Pads cartridge is marked with an indication of patient weight and with a teddy bear icon for easy identification. Purchase of this product requires a prescription.
1.Tang, et al. Pediatric Fixed Energy Biphasic Waveform Defibrillation Using a Standard AED and Special Pediatric Electrodes. Supplement to Circulation,Vol 102, No 18, October 31, 2000, II-437.
2. Cecchin, et al. Is Arrhythmia Detection by Automatic External Defibrillator Accurate for Children? Sensitivity and Specificity of an AED Algorithm in 696 Pediatric Arrhythmias. Circulation 2001; 103:2483-2488, May 22, 2001.
