The first and only advanced networked transport monitor/ defibrillator

The HeartStart MRx unites Philips’ industry-leading patient monitoring, superb diagnostic measurements, proven therapy capabilities, and CPR measurement and feedback in a lightweight and intuitive package designed to help clinicians save lives every day.

Wired and wireless networking capability connects the HeartStart MRx to the IntelliVue Clinical Network. This means that waveforms, vitals, and alarms from the MRx stream in real-time to the IntelliVue Information Centerand can be reviewed using a range of Clinical Review Applications on IntelliVue. Clinicians can monitor or silence alarms from IntelliVue. Patients monitored by the MRx in a chest pain room, in the emergency department, or at the cardiac cath lab, for example, have added surveillance at the central station.

The IntelliVue Clinical Network centralizes patient information, streamlining documentation and reporting. For regulatory reporting such as the Joint Commission’s mandate for sentinel events, the MRx’s networking capability ensures continuous streaming of patient data to the IntelliVue Information Center for inclusion in the patient chart.

A flexible information workflow means that patient data can be entered at either the bedside or central station. The MRx can admit, discharge and transfer patients so that the data moves with the patient. The network is also able to adjust the MRx time clock to ensure synchronization with the clinical network.

“Plug and Play” with Philips monitor/defibrillators and patient monitors

Because the HeartStart MRx shares the same algorithms, parameters and medical consumables as other Philips patient monitors, patients do not require recabling at handoffs, which means smoother and faster transitions for caregivers and less discomfort for patients.

Enabling simpler review and documentation

To simplify Joint Commission and other reporting requirements, the MRx’s internal memory automatically stores up to twelve hours of continuous ECG waveform and event data (including drug and therapy markers) and up to 55 event summaries. Review results on screen or print results using the strip chart recorder. Transfer results to a PC running HeartStart Event Review Pro data management software to compile, edit, share and archive patient care information for quality control and reporting.

Biggest, brightest, easiest-to-view display

MRx sports the largest display of any monitor/defibrillator available today. With the widest viewing angle and full-color display, clinicians appreciate the ease and speed at which critical information is conveyed.

Task-specific monitor views

You face different clinical scenarios every day—each one comes with different needs. Only Philips offers different monitor views designed to assist the user in specific scenarios.

• Code View: Critical information is enlarged and immediately recognized. All other unnecessary and potentially distracting information goes away.

• 12-lead View: See all 12-leads at once and know at a glance that all leads are connected and that signal quality is good. This provides a real-time view of the patient’s condition, not just a snapshot, while also avoiding printing and storing poor-quality 12-leads.

• Monitor View: Data presented the way you need it. See 4 waves with matched-colored numeric data. Alarm information reads fast, then is silenced with one button push. It’s easy to configure and customize – either at set up or on the fly.

• Device Diagnostic Mode: MRx provides over one year of device readiness information and a system log for errors and failed tests.

Temperature—An increasingly important parameter

With new research around therapeutic hypothermia, the need to continuously monitor temperature is becoming more critical. Along with etCO₂ protocols, temperature is part of the determination of when to call a code. In some protocols, temperature is used to help determine time of death.

Only Philips provides ventilation monitoring during a code

Research shows that hyperventilation kills. The MRx is the only ALS monitor/defibrillator to monitor critical components of ventilation activity, including ventilation rate, volume, and inflation time, and provide real-time personalized visual and audible feedback.

Temperature—An increasingly important parameter

With new research around therapeutic hypothermia, the need to continuously monitor temperature is becoming more critical. Along with etCO₂ protocols, temperature is also part of the determination of when to call a code. In some services, temperature is used to help determine time of death.

Make the most of CPR

Recent studies have shown that CPR is even more vital to survival than previously realized.^1,2,3,4 Yet its benefits dissipate in seconds. Delivering a shock quickly after chest compressions is critical. Philips’ Quick Shock feature delivers therapy in just 8 seconds (typical) after chest compressions. Other devices can take 2 or 3 times that, reducing the likelihood of shock success, and potentially, survival.