Abstract: A self-contained automated external defibrillator (SCAED) system includes an AED operations block for controlling shock generation and administration, including pads for attachment to a patient, an electrocardiogram monitoring circuitry for monitoring patient heartbeat, shock generating electronics for generating electrical shock signal to be applied to the patient through the pads, a battery for supplying power to the AED operations block, a power management block for managing power consumption by the shock generating electronics and monitoring power status of the battery, a memory, a user-interface block for providing use instructions and receiving user input, and a controller for regulating the ECG monitoring circuitry, shock generating electronics, and the power management block. The SCAED system also includes a communications block for communicating with an external system separate from the SCAED system.

Abstract: A self-contained automated external defibrillator (SCAED) system includes an AED operations block for controlling shock generation and administration, including pads for attachment to a patient, an electrocardiogram monitoring circuitry for monitoring patient heartbeat, shock generating electronics for generating electrical shock signal to be applied to the patient through the pads, a battery for supplying power to the AED operations block, a power management block for managing power consumption by the shock generating electronics and monitoring power status of the battery, a memory, a user-interface block for providing use instructions and receiving user input, and a controller for regulating the ECG monitoring circuitry, shock generating electronics, and the power management block. The SCAED system also includes a communications block for communicating with an external system separate from the SCAED system.