Patent ID: 8319632

Claim:
A system for monitoring a portable emergency medical device, comprising; a portable emergency medical device including a broadcast transmitter, the broadcast transmitter capable of broadcasting a condition information stream; device programmable circuitry programmed with a self-diagnostic test, having programming to execute the self-diagnostic test, to generate the condition information stream containing a data payload based on the executed self-diagnostic test containing status information, and using the broadcast transmitter, transmit the condition information stream; and a remote monitor including a broadcast receiver, the broadcast receiver capable of receiving from the broadcast transmitter the condition information stream, a monitor having programmable circuitry with programming thereon to analyze the information in the condition information stream and to determine if the status information therein warrants a sensory alert or not, and a sensory alert that may be activated by the programming of the monitor programmable circuitry wherein the broadcast receiver and broadcast transmitter are not networked.