JP2003052646A - Patient monitor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a patient monitor capable of performing efficient caring work. SOLUTION: A carer is allowed to carry a portable transmitter (radio wave transmitter) 16 having a transmission range of several meters and successively outputting an alarm release signal. An alarm stopping means 18, which stops an alarm when an alarm stopping button 12c is operated and the alarm release signal from the portable transmitter 16 is received, is provided to a bedside monitor. If the carer operates the alarm stopping button 12c of the bedside monitor, the alarm is stopped by the alarm stopping means 18 and, therefore, the alarm can be stopped on the side of the bedside monitor and the efficiency of caring work is enhanced. Since it is necessary to allow a transmitter-receiver 12d to receive the alarm release signal from the portable transmitter 16 in order to stop the alarm, it can be prevented that the alarm is stopped without the carer knowing it.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a patient monitoring apparatus having a bedside monitor placed near the bed of a patient.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A bedside monitor placed near a patient's bed for measuring biological information of the patient is often used in a situation where a nursing staff such as a nurse is not near the patient. Therefore, it is general that the biological information measured by the bedside monitor is transmitted to and monitored by a central monitor installed in a place where nursing staff is resident, such as a nurse station. Also,
When the biometric information measured by the bedside monitor exceeds a predetermined risk value, an alarm is generated on the bedside monitor and the central monitor.

By the way, if the bedside monitor is provided with an alarm stop button, when an alarm is output from the bedside monitor when a nursing staff such as a nurse is not nearby, a nursing worker such as a family member of a patient. The non-person may decide that the alarm is insignificant and stop the alarm, possibly delaying the procedure and putting the patient at risk.

In order to deal with the above problem, in the conventional patient monitoring apparatus, the alarm cannot be stopped by the bedside monitor, and the alarm is stopped by operating the alarm stop button provided on the central monitor. Has become.

[0005]

However, if the alarm can be stopped only on the central monitor side, the nursing staff who once rushed to the patient would not be able to stop the alarm but at the central station such as a nurse station. I had to go to the place where the monitor was installed, which wasted my nursing work. Even if the nursing staff arrives at the patient, the alarm cannot be stopped on the patient side, so the alarm continues to sound on the central monitor, so another nursing staff may rush to the patient. In that respect, nursing work was wasted.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a patient monitoring apparatus capable of efficiently performing nursing work.

[0007]

The invention according to claim 1 for achieving the above object measures biological information of a patient, and when the biological information is a predetermined abnormal value, an alarm is generated. A patient monitoring device having a bedside monitor for outputting, an alarm canceling device carried by a caregiver, and the bedside monitor provided on the bedside monitor, and based on the input from the alarm canceling device. And an alarm stop means for stopping the alarm output from the device.

[0008]

According to the present invention, since the bedside monitor is provided with the alarm stopping means for stopping the alarm, the alarm can be stopped on the bedside monitor side, so that the efficiency of nursing work is improved. To do.
In addition, since an alarm canceling device carried by the nursing staff is required to stop the alarm, the alarm can be stopped after the nursing staff recognizes that the alarm is occurring, so a safe patient Can be monitored.

Further, claim 2 for achieving the above object.
The invention according to claim 1 is the patient monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the alarm canceling device has an output power such that a transmission range is equal to or less than a predetermined distance, and wirelessly transmits an alarm canceling signal sequentially. The bedside monitor further comprises an alarm stop button and a receiver for receiving an alarm cancellation signal from the alarm cancellation device,
The alarm stop means stops an alarm output from the bedside monitor based on that the alarm stop button has been operated and an alarm release signal has been received by the receiver. .

According to the present invention, since the alarm canceling signal is sequentially output from the alarm canceling device, if the nurse carrying the alarm canceling device operates the alarm stop button of the bedside monitor, the alarm canceling signal is output. The alarm is stopped by the stop means. This alarm stop operation is easy because the alarm stop button only needs to be pressed as in the conventional case. Also, in order to stop the alarm, the alarm cancellation signal from the alarm cancellation device carried by the nursing staff must be received by the receiver, and the range in which the alarm cancellation signal is transmitted is set to a predetermined distance or less. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the alarm from being stopped without the knowledge of the nursing staff.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Figure 1
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a device configuration of a patient monitoring device 10 to which the present invention is applied. The patient monitoring apparatus 10 includes a plurality of bedside monitors 12 (three in FIG. 1), a central monitor 14, and a portable transmitter 16 that functions as a wireless transmitter (that is, an alarm canceling device). Note that FIG.
Although only one mobile transmitter 16 is shown, a plurality of mobile transmitters 16 may be provided.

The bedside monitor 12 is installed near a patient's bed, measures biometric information such as an electrocardiogram, heart rate, respiration rate, and blood pressure based on a signal from a biosignal sensor (not shown) and detects it by the biosignal sensor. The displayed waveform or the measured biometric information is displayed on the display device 12a, and when the biometric information is a predetermined abnormal value, the speaker 1
The alarm is output from 2b. Further, the bedside monitor 12 is provided with an alarm stop button 12c for stopping the alarm being generated.

The bedside monitor 12 is further provided with a transceiver 12d having a function of transmitting measured biometric information to the central monitor 14 and a function of receiving a signal from the portable transmitter 16.

The central monitor 14 includes a receiver 14a for receiving the biometric information transmitted from each bedside monitor 12, a display 14b for displaying the biometric information received by the receiver 14a, and the bedside monitor 12
A speaker 14c or the like for outputting an alarm corresponding to the alarm output from is provided.

The portable transmitter 16 is carried by a nursing worker such as a nurse, and automatically outputs an alarm release signal of a predetermined frequency such as an FM wave at a cycle of once or more every predetermined seconds. To do. The output power of the portable transmitter 16 is extremely small so that the transmission range of the alarm release signal is less than a predetermined distance. The predetermined distance can be appropriately adjusted according to the size of the hospital room in which the patient monitoring apparatus 10 is used, etc., but is set to a relatively short distance of, for example, several meters, 5 meters, or 10 meters. The above-mentioned predetermined distance is set to such a distance when the transmission range is too wide, and when a person who is not a nursing worker presses the alarm stop button 12c,
The alarm may be stopped even if the nurse is not near the bedside monitor 12. Conversely, if the transmission range is too narrow, the portable transmitter 16 is purposely taken out of the pocket or the like. This is because the alarm stop button 12c must be pressed in the state of being brought close to. In addition, the transmission range means an alarm release signal output from the portable transmitter 16 to the bedside monitor 12
This is a range that can be received by the transceiver 12d.

The bedside monitor 12 is equipped with an arithmetic and control unit 18. The arithmetic and control unit 18 is a so-called microcomputer provided with a CPU, ROM, RAM, etc. not shown, and has the functions shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a main part of the control function of the arithmetic and control unit 18.

The biological information measuring means 20 measures the heart rate, respiration rate, blood pressure, etc. based on the signal supplied from a biological signal sensor (not shown). The biometric information transmitting means 22 transmits the signal detected by the biometric signal sensor (not shown) and the biometric information measured by the biometric information measuring means 20 to the central monitor 14 via the transceiver 12d.

The alarm generating means 24 outputs an alarm from the speaker 12b when the biometric information measured by the biometric information measuring means 20 reaches a predetermined abnormal value. The alarm stop means 26 causes the alarm generation means 24 to output an alarm when the alarm stop button 12c is pressed and an alarm stop signal from the portable transmitter 16 is supplied at substantially the same time (within several seconds). Stop. In order for the alarm stop signal from the portable transmitter 16 to be supplied, the bedside monitor 12 must be within the transmission range of the portable transmitter 16, and the portable transmitter 16 is carried by a caregiver. It is a thing. Therefore, as a general rule, the alarm is stopped by the alarm stopping means 26 when the nursing staff operates the alarm stop button 12c.

As described above, in this embodiment, the bedside monitor 12 is provided with the alarm stop means 26 for stopping the alarm, so that the bedside monitor 1
Since the alarm can be stopped on the 2 side, the efficiency of nursing work is improved. Further, since the portable transmitter 16 carried by the nursing staff is required to stop the alarm, the alarm can be stopped after the nursing staff recognizes that the alarm is occurring, which is safe. Patient monitoring can be performed.

Further, in the present embodiment, since the alarm release signals are sequentially output from the portable transmitter 16, the nurse carrying the portable transmitter 16 pushes the alarm stop button 12c of the bedside monitor 12. If operated, the alarm is stopped by the alarm stopping means 26. This alarm stop operation is easy because the alarm stop button only needs to be pressed as in the conventional case. Further, in order to stop the alarm, it is necessary for the transceiver 12d to receive the alarm release signal from the portable transmitter 16 carried by the nursing staff, and the range in which the alarm release signal is transmitted is within a predetermined distance. Since it is set to, it is possible to prevent the alarm from being stopped without the nursing staff knowing it.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described with reference to the drawings, the present invention can be applied to other aspects.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the portable transmitter 16 that outputs the alarm canceling signal functions as an alarm canceling device, but it has an output Bluetooth function such that the transmission range becomes the predetermined distance or less. A mobile terminal such as PHS may function as an alarm canceling device. In this case, the bedside monitor 12 is equipped with the Bluetooth module, and the alarm stopping means stops the alarm based on the reception of the radio wave from the mobile terminal having the Bluetooth function. Further, the alarm canceling device may output light such as infrared rays instead of radio waves. In this case, the bedside monitor 12 is provided with a light receiving section for receiving the light, and the alarm stopping means stops the alarm based on the light received from the alarm canceling device being received by the light receiving section. Let Further, instead of wirelessly transmitting a signal to the bedside monitor such as radio waves or light, a key carried by a nursing staff or the like may be used as the alarm canceling device. When the key is used as an alarm releasing device, the bedside monitor 12 is provided with a keyhole to be fitted with the key, and the alarm stopping means stops the alarm based on the insertion of the key into the keyhole. Let

Further, although the portable transmitter 16 is designed to automatically output the alarm canceling signal, it may be adapted to output the alarm canceling signal in accordance with a manual operation.

Further, the patient monitoring apparatus 10 described above is provided with the central monitor 14 for collectively monitoring the biological information measured by the plurality of bedside monitors 12, but the central monitor 14 is provided. It does not have to be.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings, it is merely an embodiment,
The present invention can be implemented in various modified and improved modes based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a device configuration of a patient monitoring device to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a main part of a control function of an arithmetic and control unit provided in the bedside monitor of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

10: Patient monitoring device 12: Bedside monitor 12d: Transceiver (receiver) 16: Portable transmitter (alarm release device, wireless transmitter) 26: Alarm stopping means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A patient monitoring apparatus comprising a bedside monitor for measuring biological information of a patient and outputting an alarm when the biological information is a predetermined abnormal value, which is carried by a nursing staff. And an alarm stopping unit that is provided in the bedside monitor and stops an alarm output from the bedside monitor based on an input from the alarm canceling device. Patient monitoring device. 2. The alarm canceling device is a wireless transmitter having an output power such that a transmission range is equal to or less than a predetermined distance, and sequentially outputting an alarm canceling signal, and the bedside monitor includes an alarm stop button and an alarm stop button. The alarm canceling device further comprises a receiver for receiving an alarm canceling signal from the alarm canceling device, wherein the alarm stopping means operates the alarm stopping button and receives the alarm canceling signal from the receiver. The patient monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein an alarm output from the side monitor is stopped.