摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the usability of a defibrillation system.SOLUTION: A compression-sensing element, such as an accelerometer or a force-sensing element, is electrically connected to a resuscitation control system. A plurality of manually operable controllers (20) are mechanically interconnected with a first and second electrodes (12, 14) and a CPR pad (18) and electrically connected to a resuscitation control system (26), which provides resuscitation prompts to a rescuer based on use of the manually operable controller (20) by the rescuer. A second controller (30), which is positioned on the resuscitation control system (26), is operated by the rescuer and can indicate that a patient is ready to be provided with a defibrillation shock. A pulse detection system (52) detects whether the patient has a pulse when the substrate is in contact with the patient. |