A wearable remote device includes a user interface, a strap configured to removably secure the wearable remote device to a wrist of a patient such that the user interface is accessible by the patient, and a wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with a wearable defibrillator. The wearable remote device includes a processor coupled to the user interface and wireless transceiver to provide a notification relating to at least one of device information relating to the wearable defibrillator and a cardiac arrhythmia communicated by the wearable defibrillator via the wireless transceiver. Responsive to a determination that the notification is of an urgent nature, the processor is configured to cause the user interface to communicate the notification, and responsive to a determination that the notification is not of an urgent nature, cause the user interface to store information relating to the notification in a memory of the wearable remote device.
