Patent ID: 6872080

Claim:
An interactive electronic training device used with electrode pads and a simulated patient for obtaining indirect information about a simulated patient's condition from an operator pertinent to an analysis of the simulated patient's condition, and for prompting an operator on the medically appropriate steps for defibrillation in conjunction with CPR in response thereto, said device comprising: a portable, hand held interactive processor including an output device and one or more input devices for obtaining indirect information pertinent to an analysis of the simulated patient's condition from the operator, and said interactive processor responsive to said one or more input devices for determining the medically appropriate steps for defibrillation integrated with the medically appropriate steps for CPR; said output device responsive to said interactive processor for prompting the operator on the medically appropriate steps for defibrillation integrated with the medically appropriate steps for CPR in response thereto said output device including a speech synthesizer for communicating information in a simulated voice to the operator.