Transmitting treatment information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9795800-B2
Application number	US-201615271388-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2016
Priority date	Sep 27, 2013
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

Abstract

A system includes a first computing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory. The processor and the memory are configured to receive at least one of (i) information indicative of treatment of a victim by a first caregiver using the first computing device and (ii) information indicative of a health status of the victim; determine that treatment of the victim by the first caregiver using the first computing device is completed; and transmit the received information to a second computing device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A defibrillating system comprising:
one or more electrodes configured to measure an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal from a patient and deliver shock therapy to the patient; and
a processor coupled to a memory, the processor and the memory configured to perform operations comprising:
analyzing a portion of the electrocardiogram (ECG) signal measured by the one or more electrodes of a defibrillating device to determine whether to deliver shock therapy to the patient using the defibrillating device;
in response determining whether to deliver the shock therapy, generating data representing a treatment event;
associating the analyzed portion of the ECG signal with the treatment event data;
determining that a treatment of the patient by a first caregiver using the defibrillating device is completed; and
storing, in response to the determination, the treatment event data in a profile associated with the patient, the profile configured to be accessible by a second caregiver.

2. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
delivering shock therapy when a shockable rhythm identified from the ECG signal, wherein shock therapy is not delivered if a non-shockable rhythm is identified from the ECG signal.

3. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the treatment event data comprises:
an identifier of the patient being treated by the shock therapy;
an indicator indicating whether the portion of the ECG signal is indicative of a shockable rhythm or whether the portion of the ECG signal is indicative of a non-shockable rhythm; and
a timestamp representing a time at which the treatment event is generated.

4. The defibrillating system of claim 3 , wherein the treatment event data is associated with additional data, the additional data including one or more of SpO2 data, CO2 data, ventilation data, chest compression data, and narrative data, the additional data being contemporaneous with a time period during which the portion of the ECG signal was measured by the one or more electrodes.

5. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
storing the treatment event data in a storage module of the defibrillating system; and
associating the treatment event data with a patient profile stored in the storage module,
wherein storing the treatment data in a storage module includes cataloging a type of the portion of the ECG signal.

6. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
associating a second portion the ECG signal measured by the one or more electrodes to the treatment event, the second portion of the ECG signal corresponding to a time period after the first portion of the ECG signal.

7. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein a length of the portion of the ECG signal corresponds to a predetermined length of time preceding the determination of whether to deliver the shock therapy.

8. The defibrillating system of claim 7 , wherein the predetermined length of time is one of approximately 9 seconds, approximately 12 seconds, and approximately 15 seconds.

9. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the potion of the ECG signal corresponds to an initial treatment period during which the defibrillating system is being connected to the patient.

10. The defibrillating system of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:
using the portion of the ECG signal, determining a pathology of the patient as indicative of one of pulseless electrical activity (PEA), ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), ventricular arrhythmia, atrial arrhythmia, or preeclampsia.

11. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , further comprising:
one or more controls for interacting with the defibrillating system; and
a user interface configured to display the treatment event data including the associated portion of the ECG signal, wherein the treatment event data is configured to be one or more of searched, filtered, navigated, and sorted using the one or more controls.

12. The defibrillating system of claim 11 , wherein treatment event data associated with one or more treatment events for a patient are displayed in chronological order using the user interface.

13. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
transmitting, to a second caregiver, in response to the determination, the treatment event data stored in the profile associated with the patient.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for causing a computing system to perform operations comprising:
analyzing a portion of an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal measured by one or more electrodes of a defibrillating device to determine whether to deliver shock therapy to the patient using the defibrillating device, the one or more electrodes configured to measure an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal from a patient and deliver shock therapy to the patient;
in response determining whether to deliver the shock therapy, generating data representing a treatment event;
associating the analyzed portion of the ECG signal with the treatment event data;
determining that a treatment of the patient by a first caregiver using the defibrillating device is completed; and
storing, in response to the determination, the treatment event data in a profile associated with the patient, the profile configured to be accessible by a second caregiver.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise:
delivering shock therapy when a shockable rhythm identified from the ECG signal, wherein shock therapy is not delivered if a non-shockable rhythm is identified from the ECG signal.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the treatment event data comprises:
an identifier of the patient being treated by the shock therapy;
an indicator indicating whether the portion of the ECG signal is indicative of a shockable rhythm or whether the portion of the ECG signal is indicative of a non-shockable rhythm; and
a timestamp representing a time at which the treatment event is generated.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the treatment event data is associated with additional data, the additional data including one or more of SpO2 data, CO2 data, ventilation data, chest compression data, and narrative data, the additional data being contemporaneous with a time period during which the portion of the ECG signal was measured by the one or more electrodes.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise:
storing the treatment event data in a storage module of the defibrillating system; and
associating the treatment event data with a patient profile stored in the storage module,
wherein storing the treatment data in a storage module includes cataloging a type of the portion of the ECG signal.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise:
associating a second portion the ECG signal measured by the one or more electrodes to the treatment event, the second portion of the ECG signal corresponding to a time period after the first portion of the ECG signal.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein a length of the portion of the ECG signal corresponds to a predetermined length of time preceding the determination of whether to deliver the shock therapy.

Assignees

• Zoll Medical Corp

Inventors

• Amann John
• Freeman Gary A

Classifications

• A61B5/0006 Primary

  ECG or EEG signals · CPC title

• A61N1/3904

  External heart defibrillators [EHD] · CPC title

• A61N1/3937

  Monitoring output parameters · CPC title

• A61B5/053

  Measuring electrical impedance or conductance of a portion of the body · CPC title

• A61N1/3968

  Constructional arrangements, e.g. casings (A61N1/375 takes precedence) · CPC title