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It is the induction of brief convulsion by passing an electric current through the brain for the treatment of affective disorders. Patients are selected to undergo ECT are carefully screened. This treatment is typically used for patients who have had minimal or no improvement following medication. ECT can benefit patients with severe depression, mania and Schizophrenia.
ECT is safe yet most effective treatment for some mental disorders including depression. It is one of the fastest ways to relieve symptoms in severely depressed or suicidal patients. Patients are carefully monitored during the treatment. The patient is awakened minutes later, does not remember the treatment or events surrounding it and is often confused. The confusion typically lasts for only a short period of time
This knob can be turned to three positions:
This knob can be turned to three positions:
When the System power Lights turned off. Check the Circuit Protector. Switch used to turn the ECT machine ON and OFF.
BILATERAL ELECTRODES
This is used to insert the socket of the wire into the head electrode output.
BILATERAL ELECTRODES
These electrodes are fitted snugly on temporal area on both side of the skull. The temporal areas should be cleaned with a cloth soacked in saline water before every treatment.
The switch should be pressed till a proper tonic and clonic convulsion is obtained. It usually takes two to three seconds to produce the desired effect. The auto-timer is set for a fixed period of 3 sec. for ECT -1 and 4 sec. for ECT-2. The current will cease automatically after this period, even if the hand switch is not released.
The unilateral electrodes are placed, four inches apart, on the non-dominant side of the skull.
K.P.H ECT Machines are being used for treatment, very successfully for the last 30 (Thirty) years at Karachi Psychiatric Hospital, as well as at many other psychiatric centers throughout the country. We have used the most modern mechanical, electrical and electronics systems in order to ensure maximum effectiveness safety.
Our ECT Machines are being used by psychiatrists in Pakistan, as well as abroad, and if desired we can provide the name and addresses of the Psychiatrists, in or near your city to enable you to examine its performance. The following are the cities where the K.P.H. ECT Machines have been bought by doctors.
You are also welcome to visit KARACHI PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL to see the machines in operation. A booklet about ECT, will be delivered with the machine, in order to guide the new user about the indications, contra-indication, the number needed in various diseases, side effect etc.
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