Patent ID: 7570997

Claim:
A system, comprising: detection circuitry; energy delivery circuitry capable of delivering a plurality of cardiac therapies comprising at least a tachycardia therapy, a bradycardia therapy, and an asystole prevention therapy; therapy instructions stored in the energy delivery circuitry, the therapy instructions executable to direct delivery of the plurality of cardiac therapies; one or more electrodes configured for subcutaneous, non-intrathoracic placement in a patient and for coupling to the detection circuitry and energy delivery circuitry; detection circuitry configured to receive cardiac signals using the one or more electrodes and detect a tachycardia condition, a bradycardia condition, and an asystole condition using the cardiac signals; a controller coupled to the detection circuitry and energy delivery circuitry, the controller, in response to a cardiac condition requiring treatment, executing at least some of the therapy instructions to coordinate delivery of a selected one of the tachycardia, bradycardia, and asystole prevention therapies, the asystole prevention therapy being delivered at a rate below that of the bradycardia therapy and at 20 pulses per minute or less upon detection of the asystole condition; a patient-external communications device configured to receive data relating to the selected one of the tachycardia, bradycardia, and asystole prevention therapies, wherein the patient-external communications device facilitates communication with a network or server system; and a display coupled to the patient-external communications device for displaying the received data.