Claims
- 1. A user interface for a defibrillator comprising:
- a set of AED buttons for operating said defibrillator;
- a display mounted adjacent to said set of AED buttons;
- a set of soft labels displayed on said display for labeling said AED buttons according to an AED personality in an AED mode and a manual personality in a manual mode; and
- a manual access button for placing said defibrillator in said manual mode wherein said set of AED buttons operates said defibrillator according to said manual personality.
- 2. A user interface for a defibrillator according to claim 1 wherein said manual access button is mounted underneath an access door on said defibrillator wherein said manual access button may be accessed only when said access door is in an open position.
- 3. A user interface for a defibrillator according to claim 2, said access door comprising a top side, a bottom side, and a manual mode warning label mounted on said top side.
- 4. A user interface for a defibrillator according to claim 3, said access door further comprising a manual mode instruction label mounted on said bottom side.
- 5. A user interface for a defibrillator according to claim 1 further comprising a set of softkeys mounted adjacent to said display.
- 6. A user interface for a defibrillator according to claim 5 further comprising a second set of soft labels displayed on said display for labeling said set of softkeys according to one of said AED personality and said manual personality.
- 7. A user interface for a defibrillator comprising:
- a set of AED buttons for operating said defibrillator according to an AED personality in an AED mode;
- a display mounted adjacent to said set of AED buttons;
- a set of soft labels displayed on said display for labeling said AED buttons according to said AED personality in said AED mode and a manual personality in a manual mode; and
- a manual access button for placing said defibrillator in said manual mode wherein said set of AED buttons operates said defibrillator according to said manual personality and said manual access button is mounted underneath an access door on said defibrillator wherein said manual access button may only be accessed when said access door is in an open position.
- 8. A user interface for a defibrillator according to claim 7, said access door comprising a top side and a bottom side, and a manual mode warning label mounted on said top side.
- 9. A user interface for a defibrillator according to claim 8, said access door further comprising a manual mode instruction label mounted on said bottom side.
- 10. A user interface for a defibrillator according to claim 7 further comprising a set of softkeys mounted adjacent to said display.
- 11. A user interface for a defibrillator according to claim 10 further comprising a second set of soft labels displayed on said display for labeling said set of softkeys.
- 12. A user interface for a defibrillator comprising:
- a set of AED buttons for operating said defibrillator;
- a display mounted adjacent to said set of AED buttons;
- a set of soft labels displayed on said display for labeling said AED buttons according to an AED personality in an AED mode and a manual personality in a manual mode; and
- an access door having an open position and a closed position wherein said access door places said defibrillator in said manual mode in said open position and said AED mode in said closed position.
- 13. A user interface for a defibrillator according to claim 12 further comprising a manual access button mounted under said access door wherein said manual access button may only be accessed when said access door is in said open position.
- 14. A user interface for a defibrillator according to claim 12, said access door comprising a top side and a bottom side, and a manual mode warning label mounted on said top side.
- 15. A user interface for a defibrillator according to claim 14, said access door further comprising a manual mode instruction label mounted on said bottom side.
- 16. A user interface for a defibrillator according to claim 12 further comprising a set of softkeys mounted adjacent to said display.
- 17. A user interface for a defibrillator according to claim 16 further comprising a second set of soft labels displayed on said display for labeling said set of softkeys.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 09/126,905 filed on Jul. 31, 1998 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,021,349.
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