Cardiopulmonary resuscitation prompting
First Claim
1. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation prompting apparatus for providing audible verbal guidance to rescue personnel trained in CPR under emergency conditions for aiding a victim requiring CPR techniques comprising,keying means for entering information signals representative at least of characteristics of said victim and the number of said rescue personnel relevant to proper performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques,means responsive to the keyed information signals for providing output signals representative of proper steps to be taken in resuscitating said victim,and electroacoustical transducing means responsive to said output signals for providing audible intelligible sound signals representative of the proper resuscitation steps to be taken by said rescue personnel in resuscitating said victim.
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Abstract
A portable self-powered electronic cardiopulmonary resuscitation prompting system includes a keyboard on the front panel for turning the apparatus on, identifying the nature of the victim, the number of rescuers, whether mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is to be given and whether the victim is conscious or unconscious. The cabinet also includes an LCD display for furnishing visual information to the rescuer and a loudspeaker for providing audible intelligible prompts that are reproduced phonemes originating with a speech synthesizer LSI chip using the PARCOR method in response to signals provided by a microcomputer that processes the information indicated by the keyboard entries.
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8 Claims
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1. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation prompting apparatus for providing audible verbal guidance to rescue personnel trained in CPR under emergency conditions for aiding a victim requiring CPR techniques comprising,
keying means for entering information signals representative at least of characteristics of said victim and the number of said rescue personnel relevant to proper performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques, means responsive to the keyed information signals for providing output signals representative of proper steps to be taken in resuscitating said victim, and electroacoustical transducing means responsive to said output signals for providing audible intelligible sound signals representative of the proper resuscitation steps to be taken by said rescue personnel in resuscitating said victim.
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6. A method of cardiopulmonary resuscitation with cardiopulmonary resiscitation prompting apparatus for providing audible verbal guidance to rescue personnel trained in CPR under emergency conditions for aiding a victim requiring CPR techniques comprising, keying means for entering information signals relative to proper performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques, means responsive to the keyed information signals for providing output signals representative of proper steps to be taken in resuscitating a victim, and electroacoustical transducing means responsive to said output signals for providing audible intelligible sound signals representative of the proper resuscitation steps to be taken, which method includes the steps of,
actuating said keying means to enter information signals representative at least of characteristics of said victim and the number of said rescue personnel relevant to proper performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques by said rescue personnel in resuscitating said victim, processing the keyed information signals to provide output signals representative of proper steps to be taken in resuscitating said victim, converting said output signals into audio signals corresponding to audible intelligible sound signals representative of the proper resuscitation steps to be taken by said rescue personnel in resuscitating said victim, and applying said audio signals to said electroacoustical transducing means to provide audible intelligible sound signals representative of the proper resuscitation steps to be taken by said rescue personnel in resuscitating said victim.
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