Patent ID: 7957798

Claim:
A modular external defibrillator system for treating a patient, comprising: a base containing a display and an external defibrillator module configured to deliver a defibrillation shock to the patient; a first pod operable when separated from the base, the first pod having a first patient parameter module and connectable to the patient to collect first patient data related to at least a first patient vital sign, the first pod capable of wirelessly transmitting the first patient data to the base; and a second pod operable when separated from the base, the second pod having a second patient parameter module and connectable to the patient to collect second patient data related to at least a second patient vital sign independent from the first vital sign, the second pod capable of wirelessly transmitting the second patient data to the base, in which, when one of the first or the second patient data is transmitted to the base, the base is configured to display an aspect of the transmitted one of the first or the second patient data; wherein the system is configured to select one of the first or the second pods over the other to transmit to the base the patient data the selected pod collects; wherein the selection of the selected pod is based on a comparison of the first patient data with the second patient data for detecting an abnormality in either the first patient data or the second patient data.