Patent ID: 7805191

Claim:
A method for assessing cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (“CPR”) performed during resuscitation therapy, said method comprising: receiving post-event data for a patient, said post-event data representing at least one patient signal electronically captured during a resuscitation event; analyzing characteristics of said post-event data to identify periods during which chest compressions were administered to said patient; deriving a CPR figure of merit from said post-event data, said CPR figure of merit being indicative of temporal characteristics of CPR administered to said patient, relative to said resuscitation event; and obtaining an event time interval for said resuscitation event, wherein said resuscitation event includes at least one interval of chest compression delivery and at least one interval of defibrillation therapy delivery, and wherein said CPR figure of merit comprises a temporal CPR percentage representing a percentage of said event time interval during which chest compressions were administered to said patient.