Defibrillators
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1. A defibrillator comprising:
- electrodes configured to be attached to a patient, to acquire data indicative of the patient'"'"'s heart rhythm and to deliver a defibrillating shock if appropriate;
a defibrillator control box connected to the electrodes; and
on a portion of the defibrillator control box, a series of graphics configured to prompt a caregiver to perform a sequence of steps appropriate for treating a victim of suspected cardiac arrest.
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Abstract
Defibrillators are provided that include a graphical user interface to assist a caregiver in administering resuscitation.
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1. A defibrillator comprising:
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electrodes configured to be attached to a patient, to acquire data indicative of the patient'"'"'s heart rhythm and to deliver a defibrillating shock if appropriate;
a defibrillator control box connected to the electrodes; and
on a portion of the defibrillator control box, a series of graphics configured to prompt a caregiver to perform a sequence of steps appropriate for treating a victim of suspected cardiac arrest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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41. A system for prompting a care giver in a resuscitation sequence for a patient who may b e suffering from cardiac arrest, comprising
electrodes constructed to acquire data, indicative of the heart rhythm of the patient and indicative of whether the electrodes are properly placed on the patient, a defibrillator control box, connected to the electrodes, constructed to analyze data received from the electrodes and to measure the time elapsed since the defibrillator control box was activated by the caregiver and/or since the last shock was delivered to the patient; - and
a user interface constructed to display information concerning the appropriate step of the resuscitation sequence to be performed by the caregiver at a particular time, based on the data received from the electrodes and the elapsed time.
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42. A defibrillator comprising:
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electrodes configured to be attached to a patient, to acquire data indicative of the patient'"'"'s heart rhythm and to deliver a defibrillating shock if appropriate;
a defibrillator control box connected to the electrodes;
a treatment button configured to be pressed by a caregiver to deliver a defibrillating shock, the location of the treatment button being indicated by a heart symbol; and
electronics configured to cause the heart symbol to be temporarily illuminated if a shock is advised based on ECG analysis performed by the defibrillator control box.
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