Wireless monitoring apparatus used in conjunction with an automated external defibrillator (AED) system for multiple patient rescue during mass casualty incidents

A system for patient rescue, the system comprising:

• a defibrillator comprising:
• a capacitor;
• a battery for selectively charging the capacitor;
• a first electrode selectively connected to the capacitor for delivering a shock to a patient;
• defibrillator control circuitry for selectively causing (a) the battery to charge the capacitor, and (b) the capacitor to discharge through the first electrode;
• and
• a first wireless communications unit connected to the defibrillator control circuitry;
• and
• a stand-alone wireless monitor comprising:
• a second electrode for attachment to a patient;
• a release liner releasably secured to the second electrode;
• monitor control circuitry connected to the release liner and to the second electrode;
• and
• a second wireless communications unit connected to the monitor control circuitry;
• the monitor control circuitry being configured so that when the release liner is removed from the second electrode and the second electrode is positioned on a patient, the monitor control circuitry reads the second electrode, determines whether the patient is experiencing a shockable event and, if the patient is experiencing a shockable event, wirelessly instructs the defibrillator control circuitry to charge the capacitor.