Method And System For Detecting Ventricular Fibrillation

A method for detecting ventricular fibrillation, the method comprising:

• receiving a plurality of ECG signals from a plurality of ECG electrodes worn by a patient;
• detecting a plurality of QRS complexes based on the plurality of ECG signals;
• determining a heart rate of the patient based on an R-R interval between two QRS complexes;
• detecting that the patient is experiencing potential ventricular fibrillation based on the heart rate and optionally a width of the QRS complexes;
• calculating a plurality of measurements based on the QRS complexes;
• and
• determining whether the potential ventricular fibrillation is actual ventricular fibrillation or noise based on the plurality of measurements.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium, encoded with instructions for detecting ventricular fibrillation stored thereon, that when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to perform operations for detecting ventricular fibrillation, the operations comprising:

• receiving a plurality of ECG signals from a plurality of ECG electrodes worn by a patient;
• detecting a plurality of QRS complexes based on the plurality of ECG signals;
• determining a heart rate of the patient based on an R-R interval between two QRS complexes;
• detecting that the patient is experiencing potential ventricular fibrillation based on the heart rate and optionally a width of the QRS complexes;
• calculating a plurality of measurements based on the QRS complexes;
• and
• determining whether the potential ventricular fibrillation is actual ventricular fibrillation or noise based on the plurality of measurements.