Defibrillator with a normalized electrode interface and defibrillating electrode

A defibrillating electrode comprising:

• an electrode terminal;
• and
• a slave device supporting a bus protocol, the slave device being connected to a master device through a single wire bus;
• wherein the slave device further comprises a 1-wire storage module, the 1-wire storage module being connected to the master device through the single wire bus;
• and
• wherein the 1-wire storage module stores electrode expiration and condition information for use by a trace management function that prevents expired or damaged electrodes from being used.