ULTRASOUND VELOCITY/FLOW MEASUREMENTS FOR CPR FEEDBACK

1 . A cardiopulmonary resuscitation (“CPR”) feedback system, comprising:

an ultrasound sensor configured to measure carotid blood velocity of the patient during CPR of the patient;

at least one of:

an oxygenation saturation sensor configured to measure blood oxygenation of the patient during CPR of the patient; or

a respiratory sensor configured to measure CO2 production of the patient during CPR of the patient; and

a CPR feedback controller configured to generate CPR feedback based on at least one of a descriptive correlation or a prescriptive correlation of a carotid blood velocity measurement by the ultrasound sensor and at least one of a blood oxygenation measurement by the oxygenation saturation sensor or a CO2 production measurement by a respiratory sensor.

2 . The CPR feedback system of claim 1 ,

wherein the descriptive correlation of the carotid blood velocity measurement by the ultrasound sensor and at least one of the blood oxygenation measurement by the oxygenation saturation sensor or the CO2 production measurement by the respiratory sensor is informative of an oxygen flow condition of the patient during the CPR of the patient; and

wherein the CPR feedback is at least one of informative or illustrative of the oxygen flow condition of the patient relative to a baseline oxygen flow of the patient.

3 . The CPR feedback system of claim 1 ,

wherein the prescriptive correlation of the carotid blood velocity measurement by the ultrasound sensor and at least one of the blood oxygenation measurement by the oxygenation saturation sensor or the CO2 production measurement by the respiratory sensor is informative of at least one CPR parameters associated with a baseline oxygen flow of the patient during the CPR of the patient; and

wherein the CPR feedback is at least one of informative or illustrative of at least one adjustment of a CPR guideline during the CPR of the patient based on the CPR parameters.

4 . The CPR feedback system of claim 1 ,

wherein the ultrasound sensor is further configured to image a placement of an endotracheal tube within the patient at the level of a carotid vessel of the patient; and

wherein the CPR feedback controller is further configured to identify at least one of a correct placement or an incorrect placement of the endotracheal tube within the patient at the level of a carotid vessel of the patient based on the image.

5 . The CPR feedback system of claim 1 ,

wherein the ultrasound sensor is further configured to image a carotid vessel of the patient; and

wherein the CPR feedback controller is further configured to identify any blockage within the carotid vessel of the patient based on the image.

6 . A cardiopulmonary resuscitation (“CPR”) feedback controller, comprising:

a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions for execution by at least one processor, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including the instructions to:

receive a carotid blood velocity of a patient during CPR of the patient;

receive at least one of a blood oxygenation measurement of the patient or a CO2 production measurement of the patient during CPR of the patient; and

generate CPR feedback based on at least one of a descriptive correlation or a prescriptive correlation of a carotid blood velocity measurement and at least one of the blood oxygenation measurement or the CO2 production measurement.

7 . The CPR feedback controller of claim 6 ,

wherein the descriptive correlation of the carotid blood velocity measurement by the ultrasound sensor and at least one of the blood oxygenation measurement by the oxygenation saturation sensor or the CO2 production measurement by the respiratory sensor is informative of an oxygen flow condition of the patient during the CPR of the patient; and

wherein the CPR feedback is at least one of informative or illustrative of the oxygen flow condition of the patient relative to a baseline oxygen flow of the patient.

8 . The CPR feedback controller of claim 6 ,

wherein the prescriptive correlation of the carotid blood velocity measurement by the ultrasound sensor and at least one of the blood oxygenation measurement by the oxygenation saturation sensor or the CO2 production measurement by the respiratory sensor is informative of at least one CPR parameters associated with a baseline oxygen flow of the patient during the CPR of the patient; and

wherein the CPR feedback is at least one of informative or illustrative of at least one adjustment of a CPR guideline during the CPR of the patient based on the CPR parameters.

9 . The CPR feedback controller of claim 6 , wherein the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium further includes instructions to:

receive an image of a placement of an endotracheal tube within the patient at the level of a carotid vessel of the patient; and

identify at least one of a correct placement or an incorrect placement of the endotracheal tube within the patient at the level of a carotid vessel of the patient based on the image.

10 . The CPR feedback controller of claim 6 , wherein the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium further includes instructions to:

receive an image of a carotid vessel of the patient; and

identify any blockage within the carotid vessel of the patient based on the image.

11 . A CPR feedback method, comprising:

measuring, by an ultrasound sensor, a carotid blood velocity of a patient during CPR of the patient;

at least one of:

measuring, by an oxygenation saturation sensor, a blood oxygenation of a patient during CPR of the patient; or

measuring, by a respiratory sensor, a CO2 production of a patient during CPR of the patient; and

generating, by a CPR feedback controller, CPR feedback based on at least one of a descriptive correlation or a prescriptive correlation of the carotid blood velocity measurement by the ultrasound sensor and at least one of the blood oxygenation measurement by the oxygenation saturation sensor or a CO2 production measurement by the respiratory sensor.

12 . The CPR feedback method of claim 11 ,

wherein the descriptive correlation of the carotid blood velocity measurement by the ultrasound sensor and at least one of the blood oxygenation measurement by the oxygenation saturation sensor or the CO2 production measurement by the respiratory sensor is informative of an oxygen flow condition of the patient during the CPR of the patient; and

wherein the CPR feedback is at least one of informative or illustrative of the oxygen flow condition of the patient relative to a baseline oxygen flow of the patient.

13 . The CPR feedback method of claim 11 ,

wherein the prescriptive correlation of the carotid blood velocity measurement by the ultrasound sensor and at least one of the blood oxygenation measurement by the oxygenation saturation sensor or the CO2 production measurement by the respiratory sensor is informative at least one CPR parameters associated with a baseline oxygen flow of the patient during the CPR of the patient; and

wherein the CPR feedback is at least one of informative or illustrative of at least one adjustment of a CPR guideline during the CPR of the patient based on the CPR parameters.

14 . The CPR feedback method of claim 11 , further comprising:

imaging, by the ultrasound sensor, a placement of an endotracheal tube within the patient at the level of a carotid vessel of the patient; and

identifying, by the CPR feedback controller, at least one of a correct placement or an incorrect placement of the endotracheal tube within the patient at the level of a carotid vessel of the patient based on the image.

15 . The CPR feedback method of claim 11 , further comprising:

imaging, by the ultrasound sensor, a carotid vessel of the patient; and

identifying, by the CPR feedback controller, any blockage within the carotid vessel of the patient based on the image.