Emergency medical services smart watch
AssigneeZOLL Medical Corporation
InventorsGuy R. Johnson, Gary A. Freeman
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Abstract
Systems and methods related to the field of cardiac resuscitation, and in particular to devices for assisting rescuers in performing cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), are described herein. In one aspect, a method for managing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) treatment to a person in need of emergency assistance includes monitoring a parameter that indicates a fatigue level of a rescuer and providing an indication that a different person should perform the CPR component if the rescuer is exhibiting fatigue.
Claims23
A system for managing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) treatment to a person in need of emergency assistance by a rescuer, the system comprising:
- a wrist-worn feedback device configured to be worn on the wrist of a rescuer performing CPR, the wrist-worn feedback device including:
- a band formed of a material that, upon the application of pressure, wraps around the wrist, securing the wrist-worn device to the rescuer;
- one or more sensors integrated into an inner surface of the band;
- the one or more sensors being configured to sense one or more parameters that indicate a fatigue level of the rescuer;
- a sensor interface to provide the sensed parameters to one or more external computing devices via a wireless connection;
- a display formed of a flexible material configured to wrap around the wrist, the display being integrated into an outer surface of the band;
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- a display interface arranged to receive information about chest compressions from one or more external computing devices and display an indicator on the display based on the received information.
A method for managing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) treatment to a person in need of emergency assistance, the method comprising:
- monitoring, with a sensor included in a wrist-worn device, one or more parameters that indicate a status of a user wearing the wrist-worn device;
- determining, based on the one or more parameters, a fatigue score indicating a level of fatigue of the user of the wrist-worn device;
- determining, that the fatigue score indicates that the user wearing the wrist-worn device is exhibiting fatigue;
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- providing a visual indication to the rescuer that a different rescuer should perform the CPR component via a display included in the wrist-worn device.
A method for managing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) treatment to a person in need of emergency assistance, the method comprising:
- receiving from a sensor included in a wrist-worn device, one or more parameters that indicate a status of a user wearing the wrist-worn device;
- determining, based on the one or more parameters, a fatigue indicator associated with a level of fatigue of the user of the wrist-worn device;
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- sending to the wrist-worn device information to cause the wrist-worn device to display a visual indication to the rescuer that a different rescuer should perform the CPR component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.