INTEGRATED RESUSCITATION
First Claim
1. An apparatus for use by a rescuer to resuscitate a patient, comprising:
- a housing;
one or more visual indicators disposed on the housing;
a compression sensor disposed in the housing and configured to generate one or more signals indicative of one or more chest compression parameters; and
one or more buttons disposed on the housing, wherein at least one button of the one or more buttons is configured to activate at least one of the one or more visual indicators upon actuation of the at least one button, wherein the one or more visual indicators correspond to resuscitation information comprising the one or more chest compression parameters.
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Abstract
An example of a resuscitation system is that includes at least two defibrillation electrodes configured to be applied to the exterior of the chest of a patient for delivering a defibrillation shock, a source of one or more ECG signals from the patient, a defibrillation circuit for delivering a defibrillation shock to the defibrillation electrodes, a control box that receives and processes the ECG signals to determine whether a defibrillation shock should be delivered or whether CPR should be performed, and that issues instructions to the user either to deliver a defibrillation shock or to perform CPR, wherein the determination of whether CPR should be performed and the instructions to perform CPR can occur at substantially any point during a rescue.
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11 Claims
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1. An apparatus for use by a rescuer to resuscitate a patient, comprising:
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a housing; one or more visual indicators disposed on the housing; a compression sensor disposed in the housing and configured to generate one or more signals indicative of one or more chest compression parameters; and one or more buttons disposed on the housing, wherein at least one button of the one or more buttons is configured to activate at least one of the one or more visual indicators upon actuation of the at least one button, wherein the one or more visual indicators correspond to resuscitation information comprising the one or more chest compression parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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