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physio Control Lifepak 5
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I loved the lifepack 5, my partner not so much since he was the one who had to lug it up and down the stairs.
Im going with majority here. Some things are just best left in the Smithsonian
mycrofft
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Defib burned out the elecronic ignition.
Done that....but not with a Lifepak 5. It was the "bomb" when I was on the street.
Done that....but not with a Lifepak 5. It was the "bomb" when I was on the street.
firetender
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You Guys Are Killing Me!!!!
Every time I check in with this thread I crack up.
The Lifepack 5 revolutionized the ease of delivery of paramedic services exponentially!
I trained with the first Lifepak (about 40 lbs.) and worked with 2's and 3's until the early 1980's, depending on the station. The 3 was more than 30 lbs.! The APCOR "Orange Box" radio weighed in at about 15 lbs.
If you think that did not complicate things, consider that part of your judgment with every call had to include the decision to lug it in or not along with, the radio, a drug box, and a respiratory box holding a "D" cylinder of O2! Two medics, four full hands.
(No kidding, thinking back, we REALLY DID! lug all that crap into MOST medical calls!! That was how it was done, we literally brought the ER to the patient! Wasn't that what the paramedic program was about?)
If something went sour, you had to run out to the rig and run back with it, tiring yourself in the process. You had the Patient Man, the Driver, and "Hey Buddy, could you do me a favor and grab that?" Guy.
Every aspect of the device's design was clumsy; who knew back then? But I swear to God, if it wasn't like God Itself to us, it came a close second! You could actually get called to a "Man Down" arrive quickly, lug your contraption, hook up a dead man, Zap! him and he takes in a breath and a minute later opens his eyes!
YOU could do that! They were BARELY doing that in small hospital ERs!
For most of you, it has always been done that way.
So when the Lifepak 5 came out...whatzit weigh? 6, 7 lbs.? it was our little manageable six-shooter whereas before we were fighting with a Gatling Gun!
I guess I really am that f'ing old!
Every time I check in with this thread I crack up.
The Lifepack 5 revolutionized the ease of delivery of paramedic services exponentially!
I trained with the first Lifepak (about 40 lbs.) and worked with 2's and 3's until the early 1980's, depending on the station. The 3 was more than 30 lbs.! The APCOR "Orange Box" radio weighed in at about 15 lbs.
If you think that did not complicate things, consider that part of your judgment with every call had to include the decision to lug it in or not along with, the radio, a drug box, and a respiratory box holding a "D" cylinder of O2! Two medics, four full hands.
(No kidding, thinking back, we REALLY DID! lug all that crap into MOST medical calls!! That was how it was done, we literally brought the ER to the patient! Wasn't that what the paramedic program was about?)
If something went sour, you had to run out to the rig and run back with it, tiring yourself in the process. You had the Patient Man, the Driver, and "Hey Buddy, could you do me a favor and grab that?" Guy.
Every aspect of the device's design was clumsy; who knew back then? But I swear to God, if it wasn't like God Itself to us, it came a close second! You could actually get called to a "Man Down" arrive quickly, lug your contraption, hook up a dead man, Zap! him and he takes in a breath and a minute later opens his eyes!
YOU could do that! They were BARELY doing that in small hospital ERs!
For most of you, it has always been done that way.
So when the Lifepak 5 came out...whatzit weigh? 6, 7 lbs.? it was our little manageable six-shooter whereas before we were fighting with a Gatling Gun!
I guess I really am that f'ing old!
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mycrofft
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The "Five" was like DC-3's, P38 can operners and vintage Victorinox knives...
"Got it right".
B)
"Got it right".
B)
If memory serves the Auckland mobile life support unit project in 1972 used some beheamouth contraption that weighed 40-50kg as thier defib.
We had the LP5 up until the early 90s when it was replaced by the LP10. Oh how I loved the LP10, we still have one or two spares lurking around somewhere.
Now as our LP12a reach the end of thier useful life they are being replaced by the Phillips MRx.
We had the LP5 up until the early 90s when it was replaced by the LP10. Oh how I loved the LP10, we still have one or two spares lurking around somewhere.
Now as our LP12a reach the end of thier useful life they are being replaced by the Phillips MRx.
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Fbarba123,
As my sarcasm probably hasn't helped you much in your quest for knowledge I figured I'd make amends. I found both of the sites below beneficial while I was doing cardiology.
http://www.skillstat.com/ECG_Sim_demo.html
http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio202/cyberheart/ekgqzr.htm
As my sarcasm probably hasn't helped you much in your quest for knowledge I figured I'd make amends. I found both of the sites below beneficial while I was doing cardiology.
http://www.skillstat.com/ECG_Sim_demo.html
http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio202/cyberheart/ekgqzr.htm