Patent ID: 7937146

Claim:
An automated external defibrillator (AED), comprising: a controller configured to at least order first a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) treatment protocol and subsequently a shock treatment protocol, as a default sequence of treating a patient; prompting means, for prompting an operator of the AED to deliver CPR treatment to the patient responsive to the CPR treatment protocol having been ordered; an energy storage device configured for storing energy to be discharged through the patient as part of the shock treatment protocol having been ordered; and an input device for receiving a response, in which if the prompting means issues an inquiry to the operator, and an affirmative response to the inquiry is received by the input device within a time window, the controller is configured to order the shock treatment protocol without ordering the CPR treatment protocol and thereby controlling the prompting means to prompt the operator to deliver the CPR treatment.