Pediatric and adult defibrillator

An automated external defibrillator comprising:

• one or more capacitors for delivering a defibrillating shock to a patient;
• one or more electronic ports configured to receive signals indicative of sensed physiological parameters of the patient, and to communicate the defibrillating shock to the patient based on a signal produced from an analysis of the sensed physiological parameters of the patient;
• a control configured to switch between a pediatric operating mode and an adult operating mode, wherein each operating mode comprises a mode-specific energy configuration and a mode-specific user configuration;
• an indicator configured to provide an indication of the operating mode in use during a resuscitation process;
• one or more processors configured to switch to the mode-specific energy configuration and the mode-specific user configuration upon a change of operating mode between the pediatric operating mode and the adult operating mode such that the automated external defibrillator delivers a the defibrillating shock to a patient based on the mode-specific energy configuration;
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• a user interface that is configured to provide a first type of resuscitation instructions when the mode-specific user configuration is in the pediatric operating mode and a second type of resuscitation instructions when the mode-specific user configuration is in the adult operating mode, the first type of resuscitation instructions being different from the second type of resuscitation instructions.