Patent ID: 9180304
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method for managing care of a person receiving emergency cardiac assistance, the method comprising: monitoring, with an external defibrillator, multiple parameters of the person receiving emergency cardiac assistance; determining from at least one of the parameters, a value of trans-thoracic impedance of the person receiving emergency cardiac care; determining, from at least one of the monitored parameters corresponding to an electrocardiogram of the person receiving emergency cardiac assistance, one or more values representative of likely shock effectiveness for the person receiving emergency cardiac assistance; determining, as a function of at least the value of trans-thoracic impedance and the one or more values representative of likely shock effectiveness, an indication of whether a shock provided to the person receiving emergency medical assistance will be effective in terminating an arrhythmic episode; and electrically energizing a switch of the external defibrillator or presenting an indicator of success to a rescuer as a result of determining the indication of whether a shock will be effective in terminating the arrhythmic episode.