Patent ID: 9370665
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: A61H,A61M,A61N

Claim Text:
1. A method for use in providing defibrillation therapy for a patient, the method comprising: before applying any defibrillation therapy to said patient, applying a diagnostic stimulus signal to said patient for eliciting a physiologic response from said patient, wherein the physiologic response comprises at least one of mechanical cardiac response, electrical cardiac response in the absence of mechanical cardiac response, or absence of both mechanical cardiac response and electrical cardiac response; detecting the elicited physiologic response; selecting one of a plurality of resuscitation protocols based upon the detected physiologic response, wherein at least one of the plurality of resuscitation protocols includes application of a defibrillation therapy, the selection based at least in part on a likely response by said patient to the defibrillation therapy; and initiating the selected resuscitation protocol, wherein, if said physiologic response is one of electrical cardiac response in the absence of mechanical cardiac response, initiating the selected resuscitation protocol comprises initiating a protocol recommending drug therapy for said patient before administering a defibrillation shock.