Method and apparatus for adjusting a blanking period during transitioning between operating states in a medical device

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for causing a processor included in a medical device to perform a method for adjusting a blanking period, the method comprising:

• sensing cardiac signals from a plurality of electrodes, the plurality of electrodes forming a plurality of sensing vectors;
• determining whether to adjust a blanking period during a first operating state;
• advancing from the first operating state to a second operating state in response to the sensed cardiac signals;
• determining, while in the second operating state, whether the blanking period was adjusted while in the first operating state;
• and
• adjusting the blanking period while in the second operating state in response to the blanking period being adjusted while in the first operating state.