DEFIBRILLATOR WITH AUTOMATIC SHOCK FIRST/CPR FIRST ALGORITHM

摘要

An automated external defibrillator (AED) with an improved rescue protocol is described which follows a "shock first" or a "CPR first" rescue protocol after identification of a treatable arrhythmia, depending upon an estimate of the probability of successful resuscitation made from an analysis of a patient paramete r measured at the beginning of the rescue.