Philips Supports Guidelines 2010

Guidelines 2010^1,2 signal the importance of coordinating multiple therapies to help save lives from cardiac events. The Guidelines emphasize high quality CPR with minimal interruptions, chest compressions for untrained rescuers, current-based defibrillation, effective CO₂ monitoring, and effective post-resuscitation care. Guidelines 2010 reaffirms much of Guidelines 2005.

Philips is dedicated to improving outcomes through evidence-based research and innovation in therapy, response protocol orchestration, human factors, and product design. Accordingly, Philips supports the Guidelines and their underlying science and evidence evaluation process, and we continue to be aligned with the expert recommendations from these international thought leaders in resuscitation and emergency cardiac care. Our products fulfill Guidelines 2010.

Philips HeartStart AEDs fulfill the 2010 Guidelines

Philips HeartStart OnSite/HS1, FRx, FR3 (not available in all locations) and FR2+ AEDs fulfill the 2010 Guidelines. This applies to newly shipped devices as well as customers’ deployed Guidelines 2005 devices.³   

• All Philips MRx and XL monitor/defibrillators support energy recommendations for defibrillation and synchronized cardioversion.   
• The CO₂ monitoring functionality of the HeartStart MRx meets the new Class 1 recommendation for the use of continuous waveform capnography. The 2010 Guidelines recommend CO₂ monitoring as the most reliable method of confirming and monitoring correct placement of an endotracheal tube.

Philips CPR measurement and feedback helps create a culture of high-quality resuscitation

• The Q-CPR Measurement and Feedback tool can help users implement a Guidelines-compliant CPR protocol.
• Q-CPR provides the measurements needed to implement the recommended assessment of CPR performance and create a culture of high-quality resuscitation.
• Q-CPR can help reduce the likelihood of hyperventilation during resuscitation.
• The measurements provided on the CPR meter and the MRx display will allow users to fine tune their CPR techniques based on the new Guidelines for compression depth and rate.

Philips evidence-based innovation anticipated and helped shape the Guidelines

• Philips Q-CPR, introduced in 2005, helped shape a Guidelines 2010 recommendation for CPR measurement, feedback, and retrospective analysis.
• Philips Quick Shock feature, introduced in 2002, and our decision in 2005 to coach the ending of CPR intervals with compressions instead of breaths anticipated Guidelines 2010 recommendations to minimize the time to shock after the last compression.
• An AED indication for use on infants and children, introduced by Philips in 2001, preceded a Guidelines 2005 recommendation for AED pediatric defibrillation,⁶ and a Guidelines 2010 allowance for AED use on infants.^1,2
• SMART Biphasic informed a Guidelines 2000 Class IIa recommendation for low-energy biphasic external defibrillation:  “Standard of care”, “Intervention of choice.”⁷
  

1. Circulation 2010; Vol 122 No 18.

2. Resuscitation 2010; Vol 81 No 10.

3. Customers whose devices reflect Guidelines 2000 do not fully conform to Guidelines 2010.  Contact your Philips sales representative for more information.

4. Fleischhackl et al, Resuscitation 62 (2004); 167-174

5. Mosesso Jr et al, Resuscitation 80 (2009) 1285-1289.

6. Resuscitation 2005; Vol 67 Supplement 1.

7. American Heart Association Guidelines 2000.  Circulation 2000; 102 No 8.