ECG Rhythym Advisory Method
AssigneeZOLL Medical Corporation
InventorsQing Tan, Gary A. Freeman, Frederick J. Geheb, James E. Brewer
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Abstract
A method of automatically determining which type of treatment is most appropriate for a cardiac arrest victim, the method comprising transforming one or more time domain electrocardiogram (ECG) signals into a frequency domain representation comprising a plurality of discrete frequency bands, combining the discrete frequency bands into a plurality of analysis bands, wherein there are fewer analysis bands than discrete frequency bands, determining the content of the analysis bands, and determining the type of treatment based on the content of the analysis bands.
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A method of automatically determining which type of treatment is most appropriate for a cardiac arrest victim, the method comprising:
- transforming one or more time domain ECG signals into a frequency domain generally containing a plurality of peaks;
- processing the frequency domain representation to characterize at least a plurality of the peaks, wherein characterizing a peak comprises determining a plurality of parameters characterizing the peak;
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- determining the type of treatment based on the parameters characterizing at least some of the peaks.
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