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A method of maintaining an electronic device, the method including the steps of monitoring ambient an environmental condition such as temperature or humidity; monitoring a self-test initialization criterion; performing an automatic device self-test if the self-test criterion is met and if the enviro

A method of maintaining an electronic device, the method including the steps of monitoring ambient an environmental condition such as temperature or humidity; monitoring a self-test initialization criterion; performing an automatic device self-test if the self-test criterion is met and if the environmental condition is within a predetermined range; and not performing the automatic device self-test if the self-test criterion is met but the environmental condition is outside the predetermined range. In a preferred embodiment, the device is an external defibrillator.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of maintaining an external defibrillator, the method comprising the following steps:monitoring an environmental condition;monitoring a self-test initialization criterion;performing an automatic external defibrillator self-test if the self-test initialization crit

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of maintaining an external defibrillator, the method comprising the following steps:monitoring an environmental condition;monitoring a self-test initialization criterion;performing an automatic external defibrillator self-test if the self-test initialization criterion is met and if the environmental condition is within a predetermined range of values;not performing the automatic external defibrillator self-test if the self-test initialization criterion is met but the environmental condition is outside the predetermined range.