Patent ID: 8890702

Claim:
A defibrillator for caring for a person, the defibrillator for use with a plurality of external personal sound devices each configured to receive inaudible audio information corresponding to an audible indication and deliver the audible indication to a user caring for the person responsive to receiving the inaudible audio information, the defibrillator comprising: a housing that includes an energy storage module for storing an electrical charge; a socket in the housing; an other socket in the housing; a defibrillation port for guiding via electrodes the stored electrical charge to the person; a processor configured to determine whether the audible indication is to be issued to the user; and a communication module configured to, responsive to the processor determining that the audible indication is to be issued, transmit the inaudible audio information corresponding to the audible indication to the plurality of external personal sound devices, the transmitted inaudible audio information being inaudible to the user, wherein at least one of the plurality of external personal sound devices is configured to receive the inaudible audio information from the communication module through a wired connection, wherein the at least one of the plurality of external personal sound devices includes a plug configured to be received matingly in the socket, wherein the communication module is configured to transmit different inaudible audio information to the socket and to the other socket, and wherein the socket is an Advanced Life Support (ALS) socket and the other socket is a Basic Life Support (BLS) socket.