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Blackstone HS-003D

Product Code: SATE-3254

Twelve Energy Steps from 3 Joules Upward, Adult and Paediatric Paddles, Charging Under Ten Seconds with English Voice Prompting

The Blackstone HS-003D is a stepped energy defibrillator offering twelve settings from 3 joules through to 360. Reusable adult and paediatric paddles are both supplied; reaching full charge takes below ten seconds; English voice prompting is provided; and the unit runs from mains or an internal lead-acid battery. Twelve settings in all reach from infant doses to adult escalation. Available through Medigear.uk.

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Defibrillator

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Surgical & Therapeutic Equipment

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New

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China

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Supplier: Medigear

Look at where the energy steps on this stepped-energy defibrillator fall. Three, five, seven, and ten joules, then twenty and thirty, before the adult figures begin. Paediatric defibrillation is calculated at four joules per kilogram, so a one-kilogram infant needs four and a two-kilogram infant eight. Those bottom four steps sit exactly there. The Blackstone HS-002D starts at twenty joules with nothing beneath it. The HS-001D adjusts continuously from two. This machine falls between them and is better spaced for a small patient than either of them.

Stepped selection has its own merit besides. Choosing a defined setting rather than turning a dial removes one way of getting it wrong when everybody in the room is under pressure. That holds, provided the settings sit where the doses actually fall. Here they do exactly that. Adult and paediatric paddles are both supplied with the machine. Reaching full charge takes ten seconds or less, which is the interval chest compressions stop for.

Two things want settling before anything else. The machine in the manufacturer's image carries HD-8000A on its front panel, while the sheet is headed HS-003D. The note on the sheet refers to the 8000A as well. Which designation belongs on a purchase order is therefore not at all obvious. And the specification never states the waveform, although the front panel reads biphasic.

Reading a waveform off a photograph is not how a defibrillator gets bought by anybody. Medigear.uk establishes both, with the conformity position, before this unit is offered.

Paediatric resuscitation is where this stepped-energy defibrillator earns its place in a range. A defibrillator is used on a child rarely, and under considerable pressure, and the dose there is weight-based rather than fixed, so the difference between a machine with steps at three, five, seven, and ten joules and one starting at twenty is the difference between selecting a dose and improvising one. Adult paddles are no use on a small chest either, and the paediatric set comes with this unit rather than being an extra.

The battery is where a department should think about routine rather than specification. Lead-acid holds charge reasonably well on float and suits a machine kept plugged in on a bracket, which is how most defibrillators live. What it does not tolerate is being run flat and left, because a discharged lead-acid cell sulfates and never recovers the lost capacity. That makes a charging discipline part of owning this machine rather than an optional extra, and it makes a spare cell worth quoting from the outset.

What is absent matters as much as usual. No modes are stated beyond a manual sequence printed on the panel, so whether synchronised cardioversion is possible is unknown, and the HS-002D provides it. No ECG specification appears anywhere, yet manual defibrillation needs a visible rhythm before anyone delivers a shock. No endurance figure for the battery. No self-test. No energy accuracy either.

Medigear.uk obtains every one of those before this stepped-energy defibrillator reaches a clinical area.

Steps Placed Where Children Are

Three, five, seven, and ten joules match weight-based paediatric dosing directly, and no other Blackstone defibrillator offers that spacing.

Both Paddle Sets Supplied

Adult and paediatric paddles arrive together, so a department is not choosing which population the machine can serve at order.

Twelve Settings in All

The range covers infant doses through to the top of adult escalation, without gaps forcing anyone to round a figure up or down.

Charge Time Published

Under ten seconds to 360 joules is stated, which the HS-001D sheet omits entirely, and that interval is when compressions stop.

English Voice Prompting

Prompts in English answer the language question the HS-001D sheet leaves open, which matters on any machine that talks to its operator.

Defined Settings Rather Than a Dial

Selecting a step removes one route to a wrong number when a room is busy, provided the steps fall where the doses do, which here they do.

Mains and Battery Both

The machine works plugged in or on its own cell, so moving it between areas does not interrupt availability at any point.

A Battery That Suits Float Charge

Lead-acid tolerates being kept topped up on a bracket, which is how a defibrillator spends most of its working life.

Twelve Energy Settings

From 3 joules through to 360.

Paediatric Steps at 3 to 10 J

Matching weight-based infant dosing.

Adult and Paediatric Paddles

Both sets are reusable and supplied.

Charging in Ten Seconds

Timed at the full 360 joule setting.

English Voice Prompting

The language is stated on the sheet.

Mains and Lead-Acid Battery

With no endurance figure published.

Waveform Not in the Specification

Though the front panel reads biphasic.

Two Designations in Play

Headed HS-003D, labelled HD-8000A.

Judged on energy alone, this stepped energy defibrillator is the best of the three Blackstone machines for a mixed population. Steps at three, five, seven, and ten joules land precisely where weight-based paediatric doses falter; paddles for both adults and children come with it, and the range runs cleanly to 360 joules for an adult. Charge time is published at under ten seconds, and the voice prompting is stated as English, both of which the HS-001D sheet leaves out. Two matters need resolving before an order, though. The machine in the photograph is labelled HD-8000A while the sheet is headed HS-003D, so which designation to quote is unclear. And the specification never names the waveform, with only the front panel reading biphasic. Beyond those: no modes, no ECG, no endurance figure, no self-test, and nothing on conformity. Medigear.uk resolves each of those before quoting this stepped-energy defibrillator.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything buyers need to know about sourcing medical equipment through MediGear.

Because paediatric defibrillation is dosed at four joules per kilogram. A one-kilogram infant needs four joules and a two-kilogram infant eight, so steps at three, five, seven and ten sit exactly where those doses fall rather than near them.

The HS-002D begins at twenty joules with nothing below and adult paddles only. The HS-001D adjusts continuously from two joules. This falls between them, and its bottom steps are better spaced for a small child than either sibling manages.

For emergency use, arguably. Selecting a defined setting removes one way of getting a number wrong when a room is under pressure, provided the settings sit where the doses do. On this machine, the low steps are placed correctly.

That is precisely what we have asked Blackstone to clarify. The unit is labelled HD-8000A on its front panel while the sheet is headed HS-003D, and the note on the sheet refers to the 8000A, so which designation belongs on an order needs settling.

The front panel of the machine says s,o and the specification list does not mention the waveform at all. Reading that off a photograph is not how a defibrillator gets bought, so the waveform is confirmed in writing before any offer is made.

It holds charge acceptably on float, which suits a machine kept plugged in. What it does not survive is being run flat and left, since a discharged lead-acid cell sulfates and loses capacity permanently, so charging becomes a routine rather than a habit.

No synchronised mode is mentioned anywhere, and synchronising the shock is what lets somebody with a pulse be cardioverted instead of defibrillated. The HS-002D provides it, so whether this unit does is established before ordering.

The model designation and the waveform first, then conformity marking and the governing standard, operating modes, synchronised capability, ECG specification, battery endurance and charging time, self-test, energy accuracy, weight and dimensions.