JP2004041749A - Communication system for emergency medical care - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication system for emergency medical care which can simplify complicated operations, can measure required data at required time and detect a difference from a usual value, and can report and instruct necessary treatments to a medical institution in response to an abnormal value reported to a control center. <P>SOLUTION: The communication system for emergency medical care stores usual blood pressure, pulse rate and body temperature at healthy time as usual data. A simplified portable wristwatch type sensor measures a current numerical value of a subject and the measured numerical value is then compared with the usual data. When the measured value exceeds the permissible limit of the usual value, the sensor transmits the occurrence of an abnormality and instructs a suitable treatment method to a medical instrument or the like according to the degree of the abnormality. The wristwatch type sensor may be further provided with a cellular phone function or a GPS (Global Positioning System) television phone function. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a continuous monitoring service for health conditions related to nursing care for the elderly, and in particular, a portable simple sphygmomanometer / pulsimeter / thermometer is provided on a wrist or an arm of a subject, and is always a part of the body The present invention relates to a device and a system for allowing a sensor to detect a sudden change in a health condition by being worn on a portable device, thereby enabling prompt and accurate medical treatment or coping.

必要 Although the necessity of computerizing personal health information has been proposed, there was a drawback that was not accompanied by reality. In addition, since the individual information has different normal values, there is a problem that a constant value cannot be determined and uniform management can be performed uniformly. In addition, conventional sphygmomanometers, pulse meters, thermometers, and the like have recently become a convenient structure and have a format that can be easily handled, but each instrument is a sensor for catching accurate information, The instrument itself is a precision instrument, and there is a possibility that accurate measurement results may not be obtained depending on the handling. It is sometimes difficult for elderly and sick people to operate these devices accurately. In addition, there is a possibility that the measurement time is specified and the user forgets it or goes to a place where there is no instrument. Therefore, development of an instrument that can be easily operated and that can automatically measure and record a required time at a required time is awaited.

Mobile phones, on the other hand, have been remarkably widespread, and have been widespread among young people besides those who need them for business, and are owned by all individuals who need other mobile phones. It is in. In particular, there are many cases where elderly people need to be contacted and own them. In the case of elderly people, there is a strong demand for confirming the location of the elderly person, so it has been considered to incorporate a GPS function in the PHS. Furthermore, it is possible to mount a GPS function on other mobile phones.

を When considering medical care for the elderly or medical treatment for sick people, it is important to immediately detect the occurrence of abnormalities and take immediate action. In addition, even if a person has not been identified as ill, there is a possibility that an abnormality may occur in the body, and it is necessary to continuously measure medical information. Therefore, development of a device equipped with a sphygmomanometer / pulsimeter / thermometer in a device always worn on the skin, such as a wristwatch, has been awaited.

Although various measuring instruments can be downsized and measure medical information on the body while wearing them like a wrist watch, they can compare the information with normal values and manage abnormalities intensively. There is no system to do this. Therefore, at present, abnormal information that is medically useful is kept in a state owned by an individual without being effectively utilized for medical treatment.

The present invention can solve the inconvenience of separately existing conventional blood pressure monitors, pulse meters, and thermometers, simplify complicated operations, and measure required data at required times. To provide a function to search for differences from normal values and report abnormal values to the management center, and to provide a comprehensive emergency medical communication system that responds to the report and instructs necessary medical institutions and instructions. The purpose is.

In order to achieve the above object, the emergency medical communication system according to the present invention stores the normal blood pressure, normal pulse, and normal body temperature of the subject as normal data in advance and stores the current blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature. If the measured value exceeds the allowable range of the normal value by comparing it with the normal data stored in advance and measured by a simple portable sensor, the fact of the occurrence of the abnormality is automatically transmitted to the medical institution and appropriate measures are taken. It is a configuration for instructing a method. The simple portable sensor is in the form of a wristwatch-type cellular phone, and has a configuration in which blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature can be measured constantly or at a fixed time, or at any time, while always being worn on the wrist. Also, it is possible to equip a GPS (Global Positioning System = ground position confirmation function) or a mobile phone function. It is also possible to provide a videophone function.

The emergency medical communication system includes a normal value examination process for measuring and storing the blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature of the subject in a healthy state, a normal value storage process for storing the normal value as normal data required for comparison, and a subject. Blood pressure, pulse, the current value of the pulse, the measurement value of the actual temperature measured by a simple portable sensor, a comparison process of comparing the measured value with the already stored normal data, normal data and the measured value A comparison step of calculating a comparison value, and determining whether or not the result falls within a normal value range; a determination result transmission step of transmitting the determination result to the health care center; and a determination result range of a normal value. The process consists of a health-abnormality reporting process for notifying the health care center of the occurrence of an abnormality when the number exceeds the limit, and a treatment requesting process for requesting that an appropriate medical treatment be performed through an emergency medical institution based on the reported abnormality information. Configuration .

In addition, another emergency medical communication system is a normal value examination process that measures and stores the blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature of the subject in a healthy state, and the health management center saves the individual's normal information as basic data to be compared. A normal value storage process, a measurement process of actually measuring the current values of the subject's blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature with a simple portable sensor; an electric transmission process of automatically sending the actually measured values to a health management center; A comparison step of comparing the normal data with the actual measurement value, a transmission step of returning the result of the comparison determination to the simple portable sensor, and an occurrence of an abnormality in the health management center when the determination result exceeds the range of the normal value. It is configured to include a health abnormality occurrence reporting step to be transmitted, and a treatment requesting step of requesting that an appropriate medical treatment be performed through an emergency medical institution based on the reported abnormality information.

According to the emergency medical communication system according to the present invention described in detail above, the normal blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature are stored in advance as normal data by the simple portable sensor, so that abnormalities in the actually measured values are easily found. . Since the discovery of the abnormality is managed by the health management center, it is possible to enjoy an appropriate countermeasure for a medical institution or the like. 2. Since the simple portable sensor is in the form of a wristwatch-type cellular phone, it is easy to mount without discomfort. Also, it can be easily worn by elderly people and the like. Furthermore, there is an advantage that it is easy to wear not only for the elderly but also for the handicapped and sick. Further, according to the simple portable sensor according to the present invention, it is possible to receive complete health care for 24 hours simply by wearing a wristwatch-type sensor. Even when the sensor attached to the arm is detached from the arm, the detached state can be caught as data, so that there is an advantage that there is no malfunction.

# 3. By attaching the GPS to the simple portable sensor, the current position of the patient or the wearer can be easily searched, so that the effect is high even for elderly people, especially when wandering is a problem. 4. It is convenient because the simple portable sensor has a mobile phone function. 5. If a videophone function is provided, it is possible to visually confirm the actual abnormal state and then instruct a coping method. 6. The emergency medical communication system includes a normal value examination process, a normal value storage process, a measurement process, a comparison process, a determination process, a determination result transmission process, a health abnormality occurrence notification process, and a treatment request process. Therefore, the comparison and determination can be performed in the simple portable sensor, which is convenient. Further, the abnormal value is automatically transmitted to the health management center, so that effective measures can be taken.

7. Since the health management center manages the normal values, if the measured values are constantly transmitted, the comparison value is appropriately calculated and the result of the judgment is transmitted, which is simple, and furthermore, the notification of the occurrence of a health abnormality. It is simple and reliable because the emergency medical institution can be notified so that appropriate medical treatment can be taken.

The emergency medical communication system according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the configuration diagram and flowchart shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an emergency medical communication system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the emergency medical communication system. The emergency medical communication system 10 includes a simple portable sensor 12, a health management center 14, normal data 16, and measured values 18. Further, the emergency medical communication system 10 includes a normal value examination process 20, a normal value storage process 30, a measurement process 40, a comparison process 50, a determination process 60, a determination result transmission process 70, a health abnormality occurrence notification process, 80 and a treatment requesting step 90. Another emergency medical communication system has a configuration in which an actual measurement value transmission step 45 is included as a stage prior to the comparison step 50 and the determination step 60 so that the comparison step 50 and the determination step 60 are performed by the health care center.

デ ー タ The data noted in this invention is the most basic of health information, and the information considered to be the minimum necessary is based on blood pressure, pulse and body temperature. A person who manages health using the present invention measures a normal blood pressure, a normal pulse, and a normal body temperature in a normal state in advance as a subject and stores it as normal data 16. It is not always necessary to use the simple portable sensor 12 used in the present invention for measurement of data during normal times, but it is used during measurement in order to increase the accuracy and reliability of comparison between data during normal times and data during measurement. It is desirable to measure the data 16 in normal times by the same device as the device. The normal data 16 is stored in the portable sensor 12 in the first embodiment, and is stored in the health management center 14 in the second embodiment. The actual measurement value data 18 of the measurement result is compared with the normal data in the simple portable sensor 12 as in the first embodiment, and is compared with the health management center 14 as in another embodiment described later. In some cases, the data may be transmitted to a storage location such as a server and compared with data in normal times. It is also possible to store the actually measured value data in both the simple portable sensor 12 and the health management center 14. The measured data is compared with the stored normal data 16 to determine whether or not the data is within a normal value range. If there is an abnormality, the simple portable sensor 12 transmits the data to the external health management center 14. Is done. According to this system, complete health management for 24 hours is possible with a simple device.

In the embodiment where the normal data 16 is stored and recorded in the health management center 14, the actually measured data 18 is always transmitted to the health management center, and the measured value 18 and the normal data 16 are compared. The actual measurement data 18 is transmitted to the health management center 14 not only in the case of the abnormal value but also in the range of the normal value, and it is necessary to feed back the determination result indicating that it is within the allowable range of the normal value. This is different from the other embodiments of the present invention in point. In a setting for collecting a large number of measurement results, a configuration in which the results are not fed back one by one in the normal range may be considered.

The simple portable sensor 12 does not need to be an integral type as long as it is a device capable of measuring blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature, and its shape is not limited. However, it is convenient if the sphygmomanometer 1, the pulse meter 2, or the thermometer 3 is compactly assembled, and it is convenient if the three types of data can be measured simultaneously while being in contact with a part of the body. The simple portable sensor 12 assumed in the embodiment of the present invention is a wristwatch-type sphygmomanometer worn on a wrist and uses a wristwatch-type portable sensor capable of measuring both pulse and body temperature. Current blood pressure measuring devices cannot measure without applying pressure to the arm or finger, but can measure blood pressure with just enough pressure around the wrist. As described above, the forms of the sphygmomanometer, the pulse meter, and the thermometer are not limited to those described above. Also, it is not necessary that the three measurements operate simultaneously. Any type that can convert each measured value into electronic data and transmit it while measuring individually is sufficient.

(4) When the normal value is exceeded, the simple portable sensor 12 automatically sends the health management center 14 a health malfunction notification 19 indicating the occurrence of a malfunction. The transmission of an abnormal signal, which is the health abnormality notification 19 manually, may be used. In response to the abnormal signal, it is possible to request the medical institution or the like 15 to activate emergency medical care or to instruct other emergency first aid methods. It is also possible to further subdivide the abnormal value that is the health abnormality occurrence report 19 and set the sub-abnormal range as a yellow zone near the normal value range. It is conceivable that a warning signal is generated for the yellow zone to call attention or to issue a warning sign. Regarding the red zone, it is possible to separately set emergency medical care according to the individual, but it is also possible to uniformly deal with it at the health management center.

Yellow zone and red zone can be set freely, and how to deal with them can be set freely. As an example, in case 1 of the Yellow Zone, it is necessary to check the health status from the head office, notify the relatives in some cases, and report the fact that some abnormalities have occurred to the attending physician or care planner. It becomes the target method. Next, in the case of the red zone corresponding to case 2, if it can be confirmed that the injury is minor, it is conceivable to contact a relative, a doctor, or a care planner. If the condition is moderate, contact the attending physician urgently. If the attending physician cannot take care, dispatch an ambulance and call the relatives. They will also contact the hospital and discuss the response.

If the patient (patient) cannot be contacted (cannot answer the phone) due to a serious injury, an emergency emergency beep sounds, asks someone around for help, and informs the person who answered the phone of the situation. Listen and contact a medical institution to arrange an ambulance. Alternatively, by adding a PHS position confirmation function or a GPS (ground position confirmation) function to the PHS, the current position of the patient is confirmed by the function, an ambulance is arranged, and the patient goes to the emergency designated hospital. Emergency contact to the attending physician and send the patient's medical data from the head office to the hospital. In addition, if the emergency button is contacted in Case 3, the situation is checked. If the situation can be confirmed in the conversation, take action according to each situation. As in the case of serious injuries, emergency emergency signal sounds are used to respond.

The simple portable sensor 12 may be of a type that arbitrarily measures, or a type that constantly measures blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature. It is also conceivable to set a fixed time, set two times in the morning and three times in the afternoon, and measure at the set time. Current wristwatch-type sphygmomanometers have a structure in which the sensor is attached to the wrist and a sensor is newly added to the wristwatch, in addition to the conventional type, which measures the blood pressure while holding the arm up and down. Sphygmomanometers have also been developed. In the new device configuration, a slave unit is added to the wristwatch separately from the normal sphygmomanometer that serves as the master unit, and the slave unit attached to the wristwatch can be easily subjected to blood pressure simply by placing a finger on its surface sensor. Can be measured. Further development is progressing rapidly. It is also possible to start the measurement at an arbitrary time convenient for the subject.

Additionally, if the PHS function is added, the PHS position confirmation function can be used, so that it can be confirmed that the PHS exists in a certain range where the PHS can be received. In addition to the PHS, it is also possible to add another mobile phone function or to provide a GPS (Global Positioning System) function. Even in a form having a mobile phone function, an emergency button can be separately provided so that, when necessary, a health care center or emergency medical care can be called when necessary. In addition, the portable telephone and the simple portable sensor can be configured to be separable.

で は In an embodiment further equipped with a videophone function, the occurrence of a real abnormality can be visually recognized, so that a more appropriate instruction can be determined. Further, even in a state where there is no abnormality, it is possible to obtain security by confirming that there is no abnormality.

In the process of the emergency medical communication system, the normal value examination step 20 is a step of measuring and storing the blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature of the subject in a healthy state, which is a standard value for comparison and examination of the subject. This is a step of measuring the measured value in advance. This step is the personal information of the subject and does not necessarily need to be actually measured with a simple portable sensor. However, it may be desirable to use the same device in a contrasting relationship.

The normal value storage step 30 is a step of recording the normal blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature measured by the subject as normal data. This is the setting of the reference value to be compared, and the range of the normal value is determined and used. The storage location may be in the simple portable sensor 12 possessed by the subject or in the health management center.

The measurement step 40 is a step of actually measuring the current values of the subject's blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature with the simple portable sensor 12. Since the blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature of the subject change at any time depending on the situation, it is necessary to always grasp the measured values.

The comparison step 50 is a step of comparing the actually measured value with the already stored normal data, and calculates a comparison value by comparing the normal data with the actually measured value. The difference between normal data and measured data is compared, and the difference is determined. However, since there is an individual difference and there is a uniform difference to some extent, it is not determined that the data is abnormal. In addition, the fluctuation of the value or the enlargement of the difference in a desired direction is often an allowable range.

The determination step 60 is a determination step for determining whether or not the result of the calculated comparison value falls within an allowable range of a value recognized as normal. An allowable range of the normal value is set in advance for each subject as an individual, and it is determined whether or not the actually measured value falls within the set allowable range of the normal value. The judgment is made automatically and electronically, and the measured value is compared with the abnormal range or the normal range.

The determination result transmitting step 70 is a step of transmitting the determination result to the health management center. In this embodiment, since the normal value of an ordinary person is stored as data in the simple portable sensor 12, it is possible to obtain a judgment result by immediately comparing the measured value with a set allowable range. . The judgment result is transmitted from the portable sensor to the health management center.

The health abnormality occurrence notification step 80 is a step of transmitting an abnormality occurrence to the health management center when the judgment result exceeds the allowable range of the normal value.

The treatment requesting step 90 is a step of requesting that an appropriate medical treatment be performed through an emergency medical institution based on the reported abnormal information.

The actual measurement value transmission step 45 is a step of another embodiment of the emergency medical communication system according to the present invention. In this embodiment, since the normal data 16 is stored in the server or the like of the health management center 14, it is simplified. All the measured values measured by the portable sensor are transmitted to the health management center, where the comparison step 50 and the determination step 60 are performed. Accordingly, in this embodiment, the health management center 14 also stores the normal value storage process 30 as the basic data of the individual in this embodiment.

In this embodiment, unlike the previous embodiment, the determination result transmission step 70 is a step of transmitting the determination result from the health management center to the portable sensor of each subject. In this embodiment, the normal value storage step also stores the personal normal data as basic data in the health management center. The health abnormality occurrence notification step and the treatment requesting step are the same in this embodiment.

The simple portable sensor may be configured to have a mobile phone function or a video phone function, but the mobile phone may be configured to have only simple buttons without a dial. It is significant to simplify the structure so that calls can be made only to specified specific places. It is also possible to use equipment that can be provided at low cost. In particular, in the case of an elderly person, there is no need to have many contact points, and the necessary contacts to avoid the possibility that the dial operation is complicated and troublesome, or that the number may be incorrectly operated, the memory may be incorrect, etc. It is convenient to have a form that can only be contacted.

It is a lineblock diagram of the emergency medical communication system of the present invention. It is a flowchart of the emergency medical communication system of this invention.

Explanation of reference numerals

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sphygmomanometer 2 Pulse meter 3 Thermometer 10 Emergency medical communication system 12 Simple portable sensor 14 Health management center 15 Medical institution etc. 16 Normal data 18 Actual measured value 19 Health abnormality occurrence report 20 Normal value examination process 30 Normal value storage process 40 Measurement process 45 Actual measured value transmission process 50 Comparison process 60 Judgment process 70 Judgment result transmission process 80 Health abnormality occurrence notification process 90 Treatment request process

Claims (7)

The normal blood pressure, normal pulse, and normal body temperature of the subject in normal condition are stored as normal data in advance, and the current blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature are measured by a simple portable sensor and compared with the previously stored normal data. An emergency medical communication system characterized by automatically transmitting the fact of occurrence of an abnormality when a normal value exceeds an allowable range, and instructing a medical institution or the like of an appropriate countermeasure. The simple portable sensor is in the form of a wristwatch-type cellular phone, and in a state of being always worn on the wrist, blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature can be measured at any time by setting a constant time or a fixed time or at an arbitrary time. The emergency medical communication system according to claim 1, wherein 2. The emergency medical communication system according to claim 1, wherein the simple portable sensor has a GPS (Global Positioning System). The emergency medical communication system according to claim 1, wherein the simple portable sensor has a mobile phone function. The emergency medical communication system according to claim 1, wherein the simple portable sensor has a videophone function. The emergency medical communication system includes a normal value examination step of measuring and storing the blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature of the subject in a healthy state, a normal value storage step of storing the normal value as normal data for comparison, Measurement process of actually measuring and measuring the present values of blood pressure, pulse and body temperature of a person with a simple portable sensor, a comparison process of comparing the actually measured value with already stored normal data, a normal data and a measured value A comparison step is performed to calculate a comparison value, and a determination step of determining whether or not the result falls within a normal value range, a determination result transmission step of transmitting the determination result to the health care center, and a determination result of the normal value A health abnormality occurrence reporting step of transmitting an abnormality to the health management center when the range is exceeded, and a treatment requesting step of requesting that an appropriate medical treatment be performed through an emergency medical institution based on the reported abnormality information; To consist of Emergency medical communication system to the butterflies. The emergency medical communication system includes a normal value examination process for measuring and storing the blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature of the subject in a healthy state, and a normal value storage for storing the normal information of the individual as basic data for comparison by the health management center. Process, a measurement process of actually measuring the current values of the subject's blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature with a simple portable sensor, an electric transmission process of automatically sending the actually measured values to the health management center, and a normal data at the health management center. A comparison step of comparing the measured value with the actual measurement value, a judgment result transmitting step of returning the result of the comparison judgment to the simple portable sensor, and a health state of transmitting an abnormality to the health management center when the judgment result exceeds a normal value range. An emergency medical communication system, comprising: an abnormality occurrence reporting step; and a treatment requesting step of requesting that an appropriate medical treatment be performed through an emergency medical institution based on the reported abnormality information. .

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