AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR CONFIGURATION

1 . A system comprising:

a protocol database that includes at least one protocol; and

a computer configured to:

receive from a requestor a request to configure an external defibrillator;

identify, based on the request, one or more protocols from the protocol database to which the requestor is permitted access;

receive from the requestor an identification of a selected protocol from among the one or more protocols; and

automatically configure the external defibrillator according to the selected protocol.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer is further configured to:

receive an update to the selected protocol; and

automatically reconfigure the external defibrillator according to the selected protocol as updated.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer is further configured to automatically configure the external defibrillator according to the selected protocol without manual reprogramming of the external defibrillator.

4 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the computer is further configured to update the selected protocol in the protocol database.

5 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the requestor is a first requestor, and wherein the computer is further configured to receive the update from a second requestor.

6 . The system of claim 1 , the computer further configured to:

receive from a requestor, with one or more processors, a new protocol for configuring the external defibrillator; and

add the new protocol to the protocol database.

7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the new protocol indicates one or more privacy settings.

8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the requestor is a first requestor and the request is a first request and the external defibrillator is a first external defibrillator, the computer further configured to:

receive from a second requestor, with the one or more processors, a second request to configure a second external defibrillator;

determine whether the second requestor has access to the new protocol based on the one or more privacy settings; and

based on a determination that the second requestor has access to the new protocol, include the new protocol in one or more protocols from the protocol database to which the second requestor is permitted access.

9 . The system of claim 8 , the computer further configured to automatically configure, with the one or more processors, the second external defibrillator according to the new protocol.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the external defibrillator is an automatic external defibrillator.

11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more protocols include settings that affect operation of the external defibrillator.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more protocols include settings that affect clinical operation of the external defibrillator.

13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more protocols include settings that affect one or a combination of language, CPR rate, CPR depth, shock voltage, shock waveform, and ECG analysis protocol of the external defibrillator.

14 . A method for configuring an external defibrillator, the method comprising:

receiving from a requestor, with one or more processors, a request to configure an external defibrillator;

identifying, based on the request, one or more protocols from a protocol database to which the requestor is permitted access, the protocol database having at least one protocol;

receiving from the requestor an identification of a selected protocol from among the one or more protocols; and

automatically configuring the external defibrillator according to the selected protocol.

15 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

receiving, with the one or more processors, an update to the selected protocol; and

automatically reconfiguring, with the one or more processors, the external defibrillator according to the selected protocol as updated.

16 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

receiving from a requestor, with one or more processors, a new protocol for configuring the external defibrillator; and

adding the new protocol to the protocol database.

17 . The method of claim 14 , wherein automatically configuring the external defibrillator according to the selected protocol does not require manual reprogramming of the external defibrillator.

18 . A computer program product comprising instructions to cause a processor to:

receive from a requestor a request to configure an external defibrillator;

identify, based on the request, one or more protocols from a protocol database to which the requestor is permitted access;

receive from the requestor an identification of a selected protocol from among the one or more protocols; and

automatically configure the external defibrillator according to the selected protocol.

19 . The computer program product of claim 18 , further comprising instructions to cause the processor to:

receive an update to the selected protocol; and

automatically reconfigure the external defibrillator according to the selected protocol as updated.

20 . The computer program product of claim 18 , further comprising instructions to cause the processor to automatically configure the external defibrillator according to the selected protocol without manual reprogramming of the external defibrillator.