Patent ID: 8725253
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: A61H,A61N,G09B,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for providing adaptive Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) treatment to a person in need of emergency assistance, the method comprising: obtaining, by a portable computing unit, values for depths of a plurality of the chest compressions; obtaining, by the portable computing unit, information about a physiological parameter of the person selected from t he group consisting of end-tidal carbon dioxide, arterial pressure, volumetric carbon dioxide, and blood pressure; providing, at a first rate, periodic feedback to a user about chest compressions performed by the user based at least in part on the values for the depths of the plurality of the chest compressions and a target compression depth, and periodically determining, at a second rate that is slower than the first rate, whether to adjust the target compression depth based at least in part on the information about the physiological parameter of the person; upon determining to adjust the target compression depth based at least in part on the information about the physiological parameter of the person, storing an updated target compression depth; and providing, at the first rate, periodic feedback to the user about chest compressions performed by the user based at least in part on the values for the depths of the plurality of the chest compressions and the updated target compression depth.