Non-invasive device for synchronizing chest compression and ventilation parameters to residual myocardial activity during cardiopulmonary resuscitation

A system for providing chest compression treatment to a patient having no palpable pulse, the system comprising:

• at least one ECG sensor configured to be applied to the patient and generate signals corresponding to cardiac electrical activity of the patient;
• a mechanical chest compressor configured to repeatedly apply chest compressions to the chest of the patient;
• and
• a controller, communicatively coupled with the at least one ECG sensor and the mechanical chest compressor, wherein the controller is configured to:
• receive the generated signals corresponding to the cardiac electrical activity,
• receive an indication that the patient has no palpable pulse, and
• based on a determination to initiate the chest compressions made based at least in part on the received signals corresponding to the cardiac electrical activity and the indication that the patient has no palpable pulse, cause the mechanical chest compressor to repeatedly apply compressive force to the chest of the patient synchronized with at least a portion of the cardiac electrical activity that corresponds to one or more heart contraction phases.

A computer-implemented method for execution on an apparatus for treating a patient having no palpable pulse, comprising:

• receiving an indication that the patient has no palpable pulse;
• sensing cardiac electrical activity of the patient with no palpable pulse;
• generating signals corresponding to the sensed cardiac electrical activity;
• and
• based on a determination to initiate chest compressions made based at least in part on the generated signals and the indication that the patient has no palpable pulse, causing a mechanical chest compressor to repeatedly apply a compressive force to the chest of the patient synchronized with at least a portion of the cardiac electrical activity that corresponds to one or more heart contraction phases.