Patent ID: 8577475

Claim:
A system for patient rescue, the system comprising: a defibrillator comprising: a capacitor; a battery for selectively charging the capacitor; a first electrode selectively connected to the capacitor for delivering a shock to a patient; defibrillator control circuitry for selectively causing (a) the battery to charge the capacitor, and (b) the capacitor to discharge through the first electrode; and a first wireless communications unit connected to the defibrillator control circuitry; and a stand-alone wireless monitor comprising: a second electrode for attachment to a patient; a release liner releasably secured to the second electrode; monitor control circuitry connected to the release liner and to the second electrode; and a second wireless communications unit connected to the monitor control circuitry; the monitor control circuitry being configured so that when the release liner is removed from the second electrode and the second electrode is positioned on a patient, the monitor control circuitry reads the second electrode, determines whether the patient is experiencing a shockable event and, if the patient is experiencing a shockable event, wirelessly instructs the defibrillator control circuitry to charge the capacitor.