From: Automated external cardioversion defibrillation monitoring in cardiac arrest: a randomized trial
Inclusion Criteria: |
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1. All patients admitted to telemetry ward and ER. |
2. Age > 18 years. |
Exclusion Criteria: |
1. Pregnant women. |
2. Patients with R wave less than 0.5 mV in lead II. |
3. Patients with functioning ICDs. |
4. Patients with cardiac pacemakers if oversensing by AECD is demonstrated (double counting of pacer spikes). |
5. Patients with visible chest lesions that would prevent AECD pad placement. |
6. Patients who are designated DNR. |
7. Right bundle branch block. |
8. Patients with Parkinson's disease. |
9. Patients with seizure disorders. |
Additional Exclusion Criteria for Emergency Room: |
10. Patients with dementia and/or delirium. |
11. Patients presenting with psychiatric complaints. |
12. Patients who are agitated. |
13. Patients presenting with trauma. |
14. Patients unable to participate in the informed consent process. |
15. Patients with respiratory rate greater than twenty. |
16. Patients who report pain greater than four out of ten in the visual analog scale. |