Defibrillator that monitors cpr treatment and adjusts protocol
AssigneePhysio-Control, Inc.
InventorsFRED CHAPMAN, Robert G. Walker, Ronald Eugene Stickney
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Abstract
An apparatus and method is provided for a defibrillator that specifies treatment protocols in terms of number of chest compressions instead of time intervals. The defibrillator includes a connection port that is configured to attach with a plurality of electrodes that are capable of delivery of a defibrillation shock and/or sensing one or more physical parameters. An energy storage device capable of storing a charge is attached to the plurality of electrodes. A controller is coupled to the plurality of electrodes and the energy storage device, the controller is configured to provide CPR chest compression instructions in terms of the numbers of CPR chest compressions.
Claims8
A defibrillator, comprising:
- means for selecting a CPR treatment protocol from a plurality of stored CPR treatment protocols, the selected CPR treatment protocol including at least the number of CPR chest compressions;
- and means for communicating the number of CPR chest compressions.
A method of operating a defibrillator in conjunction with the delivery of an injected medication, the method comprising:
- selecting a CPR treatment protocol from a plurality of CPR treatment protocols
- corresponding to the injected medication, the CPR treatment protocol including at least chest compression and defibrillator pulse instructions;
- and
- aurally communicating at least the number of chest compressions of the CPR treatment protocol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.