The inmate is secured with lined ankle and wrist restraints to a gurney in the preparation room outside the chamber.
Cardiac monitor leads and a stethoscope are attached.
Two saline intravenous lines are started, one in each arm, and the inmate is covered with a sheet. The inmate is given the opportunity to speak and pray with the chaplain. The warden then gives the condemned an opportunity to record a final statement that will be made public. After the witnesses are in place, the inmate's gurney is taken into the chamber by correctional officers who draw the curtain and exit. Appropriately trained personnel then enter behind the curtain and connect the cardiac monitor leads, the injection devices and the stethoscope to the appropriate leads.