A system for managing care of a person receiving emergency cardiac assistance is disclosed that includes one or more capacitors for delivering a defibrillating shock to a patient one or more electronic ports for receiving signals from sensors for obtaining indications of an electrocardiogram (ECG) for the patient and a patient treatment module executable on one or more computer processors to identify a phase in which a patient being monitored by the system is in relative to a time at which an adverse cardiac event for patient began.
