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Description

Victim management system using triage tags

  The present invention relates to a patient management system using a victim selection sheet (hereinafter referred to as a triage tag), and more particularly, to a patient management system using an electronic pen and a triage tag printed with a dot pattern dedicated to the electronic pen. .

In recent years, a labeling tag indicating a treatment priority called a triage tag is used in a system for dealing with a large-scale disaster caused by an earthquake, a typhoon, terrorism, or the like.
The triage tag records the personal information and medical condition of the victim on the tag, affixes a label tag that ranks the treatment priority by color, attaches it to the victim with a string, etc., and the urgency of treating the victim Is to understand.

In large-scale disasters and the like, there are many victims in a wide range, and many victims lose their lives without being able to receive effective treatment because they cannot accurately grasp where the victims with high urgency exist.
In addition, at the disaster site, it is necessary to perform treatment activities at night, but the above-described label tag has the inconvenience that the treatment priority cannot be recognized in the dark at night. Therefore, a triage tag is provided in which a fluorescent color identification mark indicating treatment priority is provided on the above-described triage tag so as to be cut off (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Also, it consists of an electronic tag with a unique identification code to be attached to the treatment subject, a terminal connected to a network having a function of reading the identification code of the electronic tag, and a database connected to the network, and the identification code of the electronic tag Is a triage tag management system that determines the treatment order and schedule by inputting the status of the treatment target person from the terminal to the database connected to the network and evaluating the treatment system and the state of the treatment target separately input together. Provided (for example, see Patent Document 2).

No. 3053755 gazette JP 2004-240797 A

Although the technique described in Patent Document 1 described above can identify the degree of urgency in the darkness at night, it is impossible to grasp how many people are located by the degree of urgency.
In addition, since the technology described in Patent Document 2 requires the association between the IC chip and the victim, the specific information of the victim must be keyed and printed on the triage tag or otherwise described. Don't be.
In addition, it is necessary to prepare a large number of dedicated terminals, which requires specialized training for operators. In addition, if the radio wave is blocked, it is impossible to determine where the victim is.

  In order to solve the above problems, the first invention of the patient management system using the triage tag according to the present invention is such that a dot pattern dedicated to the electronic pen is printed on the triage tag for managing the victim information, and the electronic pen is used as a writing instrument. A victim management system, a triage tag printed with a dot pattern dedicated to an electronic pen corresponding to the type of triage tag, an electronic pen that obtains recording information from the dot pattern on the triage tag, and the electronic pen and network A communication terminal that connects the computer, an electronic pen system management server provided on the net, a triage tag information server provided on the net for collecting information on the victim based on the recording information acquired by the electronic pen, and the triage tag A medical institution terminal connected to the information server, and the patient is injured by the medical institution terminal. It is characterized in that to manage the broadcast.

  The second invention is characterized in that, in the first invention, the communication terminal is a mobile phone.

1) A victim management system in which a dot pattern dedicated to an electronic pen is printed on a triage tag for managing victim information as in the first invention and the electronic pen is used for a writing instrument, corresponding to the type of triage tag Triage tag printed with a dot pattern dedicated to electronic pens, an electronic pen that acquires recording information from the dot pattern on the triage tag, a communication terminal that connects the electronic pen and the network, and an electronic pen system management provided on the network A medical institution having a server, a triage tag information server that is provided on the net and collects victim information based on recorded information acquired by the electronic pen, and a medical institution terminal connected to the triage tag information server Triage tag does not need to be in a copying format by managing the victim information by the terminal. It is possible to the text of the broadcast, it is easy to create a database of victims.
In addition, since the data can be transmitted from the disaster site using a mobile phone, the situation of the disaster site can be grasped in real time.
Furthermore, the digital pen to have individually identification code, application area, comprising a medical institution competent to allow a particular including serial subscribers are.
In addition, the design of the triage tag can be used as before, and no special training is required for system migration.
In addition, it can be connected to a mobile phone by a connection means such as USB or Bluetooth (registered trademark) , and further, since it uses the Internet , it is hardly affected by congestion.
2) Also, as in the second invention, in the first invention, the communication terminal is a mobile phone, so that in the event of a disaster, communication means as infrastructure can be used simply by preparing an electronic pen and a triage tag. An early response to a sudden disaster is possible.

Hereinafter, the patient management system using the triage tag according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an example of a device configuration and a triage tag of a patient management system using a triage tag according to the present embodiment , FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an example of a triage tag, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of a management procedure of a patient management system using a triage tag according to the present embodiment , FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an electronic pen, and FIG. 5 is a diagram explaining a dot pattern dedicated to the electronic pen. It is a figure to do.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a device configuration and a triage tag for constructing a patient management system using a triage tag according to the present embodiment .
The patient management system using a triage tag according to the present embodiment includes a triage tag 2 on which a dot pattern dedicated to the electronic pen corresponding to the type of the triage tag is printed, and an electronic pen that acquires recording information from the dot pattern on the triage tag. 1, a communication terminal 3 that connects the electronic pen and the network, an electronic pen system management server 4 provided on the network, and information on the victim is collected based on the recording information provided on the network and acquired by the electronic pen. The triage tag information server 5 and the medical institution terminal 6 connected to the triage tag information server are constructed.
Communication terminal 3, the sick person management system according triage tags used in this embodiment can also be replaced by a cellular phone 31 is available to portable and emergency, in the following description, the communication terminal 3 mobile phone 31 This will be explained with an example.

The electronic pen 1 describes the disease information on the triage tag 2, reads the dot pattern printed on the triage tag with infrared rays, and transmits the coordinate information of the described information to the communication terminal 3.
In addition to the above-described mobile phone, the communication terminal has at least communication means, and may be a handy mobile terminal having an input key or a transmitter, such as a small personal computer or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance) (not shown). .

In many cases, the electronic pen system management server 4 is divided into two servers, and a destination URL such as victim information is carried in accordance with the contents of the dot pattern information received from the mobile phone 31 via the Internet. Send to phone 31.
The mobile phone 31 sends the victim information (hereinafter referred to as triage tag description information) and the electronic pen identification code (hereinafter referred to as an electronic pen code) to the designated URL (another divided electronic pen system management server). Send.
The other divided electronic pen system management server converts the received electronic pen code and triage tag description information into an image image and text data, and transmits them to the triage tag information server 5. Depending on the system, the electronic pen system management server converts the received electronic pen code and triage tag description information into an image image and text data and transmits it to the mobile phone 31, and the mobile phone 31 sends the above information to the triage tag information server 5. Send the received information.
The triage tag information server 5 transmits the received electronic pen code and the triage tag description information to the medical institution terminal 6 connected via the network or directly.

In the following description, the electronic pen 1 will be described using an example of an anotopen developed by “Anoto” in Sweden.
The triage tag printed with the dot pattern dedicated to the electronic pen will be described as an example of the triage tag printed with the dot pattern dedicated to the anotopen.

The electronic pen 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
The electronic pen 1 includes a writing unit 106 with an ink cartridge 108, an imaging unit 105 by a digital camera that reads a dot pattern, a storage unit 103 that stores writing information (coordinate information of strokes) read by the imaging unit, and a communication terminal. A communication unit 102 that transmits stroke coordinate information, a control unit 104 that controls the functions of these units, a pressure sensor 107 for an electronic pen, and a power supply unit (not shown) are mounted inside the casing 101 of the electronic pen 1. ing.
The electronic pen 1 reads the dot pattern information printed on the triage tag by the imaging unit 105, stores it in the storage unit 103, and transmits it from the communication unit 102 to the communication terminal.
The communication unit 102 is compatible with USB (Universal Serial Bus) or Bluetooth.
The writing unit 106 is incorporated in the housing 101 of the electronic pen, but can also be used as a simple writing instrument.

The writing unit 106 plays a role of making the distance between the imaging unit 105 and the dot pattern printing surface by the digital camera constant, in addition to the role of leaving the written image in the description unit in a visible state.
When the writing unit 106 is attached to the electronic pen housing 101, the tip on the ink cartridge 108 side is in contact with the pressure sensor 107 for the electronic pen.
The pressure sensor 107 has a role of notifying the control unit 104 that information description is started and a role of separately reading the strength of the writing pressure.
Therefore, although it is not used in the present embodiment, it can be applied to a system for determining characteristics of writing pressure at the time of signature and determining whether the person who has signed is a registered person, for example. It has become.
In order to check the remaining amount of the ink cartridge 108 or to replenish ink, the writing unit 106 is pulled out from the tip of the electronic pen housing 101.

With reference to FIG. 5, the dot pattern for exclusive use of an electronic pen is demonstrated.
The dot pattern shown in the figure is an example of a dot pattern dedicated to anotopen (in FIG. A, vertical and horizontal virtual lines are displayed for ease of explanation, but they are not actually printed).
Each dot of the dot pattern is printed in the vicinity of the intersection of vertical and horizontal imaginary lines formed at intervals of 0.3 mm in four different directions.
Moreover, each dot is printed with the infrared ink which can be recognized with the imaging part of an electronic pen.
In the above-mentioned system of Anoto, 36 dots (dot group printed on the inner side of about 4 mm ² ) are handled as one unit information.

  When you describe injury information etc. on the triage tag with an electronic pen, the dot pattern printed in the vicinity of the written information is read with the imaging unit built in the electronic pen, or the place where the pen tip is placed, or Coordinates are determined from the unit information of the moved location and stored in the storage unit of the electronic pen.

The electronic pen system management server 4 will be described.
In many cases, the electronic pen system management server 4 is divided into a PLS (Paper Look-up Service) server and an ASH (Application Service Handler) server.
One application is managed so that the same dot pattern does not exist, and the coordinate information of the dot pattern transmitted from the communication terminal is first transmitted to the PLS server.
The PLS server determines the application being used from the received coordinate information of the dot pattern, determines the URL of the ASH server that supports the application, and transmits the URL of the ASH server to the electronic pen via the mobile phone. .
The cellular phone transmits the stroke coordinate information to the URL of the ASH server according to the instruction of the electronic pen. The ASH server converts the stroke coordinate information into an image image and text data, and transmits it to the mobile phone.
Depending on the system, the electronic pen code and triage tag description information converted into text data are directly transmitted from the electronic pen system management server 4 to the triage tag information server 5 via the network.
There are cases where the PLS server and the ASH server are used in the same server, or only the PLS server is used independently.

The triage tag information server 5 transmits the above-described electronic pen code and triage tag description information to the medical institution terminal 6 via the net or directly.
The medical institution terminal 6 creates a ranked patient information database while associating the electronic pen code and the disaster area allocated to the electronic pen, and distributes the prepared correspondence information according to a predetermined route.
The collected victim information is used for allocation of medical institutions in charge of rescue, preparation of pharmaceuticals, arrangement of transportation means, and the like.

An example of the triage tag will be described with reference to FIG.
The triage tag 2 shown in FIG. 2 is also referred to as a triage tag. After the information on the victim is described, the triage tag 2 is attached to the victim's foot or arm with a string or a rubber band. Moreover, it is in a surface state that can be described even when it gets wet, and it is made of a material that does not lose the described contents with water.
In the triage tag, after the information on the victim is described, a marker 23 (a four-color “miri-paper piece with a cut sewing machine or the like) that identifies the priority treatment order so that the state of the disease can be identified at a glance. )) Is affixed.

The triage tag 2 is composed of a victim information description part 22 and a marker 23 for identifying the order of priority treatment formed under the victim information description part 22.
In addition, the victim information description unit 22 is provided with a check box 21 for describing a check mark. After the victim information description unit 22 describes the victim information and the like, a check mark is described in the check box. To send the information to the mobile phone.

The triage tag shown in FIG. 2 is printed as “for disaster site” and clearly indicates that the tag is used at the disaster site.
On the surface of the triage tag, the “number” of the triage tag and the “name”, “age”, “sex”, “address”, “phone”, and “date of triage”, “triage” of the victim A first entry field is provided for describing the name of the “implementer”, “name of carrier”, and “name of medical institution”.
As described above, in the first description column, information on the victim, information on the stored medical institution, and information on the carrier are described.

Below that, “Triage Implementation Location”, “Triage Category”, “Triage Executing Organization Name”, and a column that describes whether the writer is “doctor” or “emergency paramedic”, “ A second entry column is provided for describing the “symptom / injury name of the victim” and “special notes”.
In the second description column, storage location information, information on the status of the victim, information on the person who performed the diagnosis, and the like are described.

Further below it is a marker identifying the order of priority treatment.
The signs are green, yellow, red and black from the top.
The green color indicates that you can walk on your own (symptom 0), the yellow color indicates that you are injured, such as a broken bone, but you are clearly conscious (“I” for symptom 1), and the red color is a dangerous condition (symptom 2) "II"), which is black, is connected to pieces of paper that clearly have death signs ("III", which represents symptom 3).
The above-mentioned explanation regarding the symptoms is not a precise expression.
These signs are torn off and attached to the victim according to the triage category.

In the case of this embodiment, the triage tag may be in a single-sheet format or a copy format, but a dot pattern dedicated to an electronic pen must be printed on the surface of the outermost paper piece. I must.
As described above, a unique code is attached to the electronic pen, and when the description information is transmitted to the communication terminal, the electronic pen code is attached to the description information and transmitted.
In this embodiment , the electronic pen code and the disaster area code are registered in association with each other.
For example, if an electronic pen with the code “A123456789” is registered in “XX Town ×× Chome” and movement of the electronic pen is prohibited, the “Triage Tag Number” and “Triage Category” written on the triage tag will be displayed. In association therewith, it is possible to grasp how many “dangerous victims (marked red)” exist in “XX town XX chome” in the database of the medical institution terminal.
In addition, the ambulance team can carry out rescue activities accurately based on the list of triage tag numbers.

With reference to FIG. 3, an example of the management procedure of the patient management system using the triage tag according to the present embodiment will be described.
Although not shown, first, as a preparatory work, an electronic pen (electronic pen code) is assigned to each category (classification code) of the disaster area.
In addition, to the triage implementer, he / she has the necessary number of divisions in charge, the electronic pen assigned to each division, the necessary number of triage tags with a pre-assigned triage tag number, and a Bluetooth compatible mobile phone with a new power supply attached. Make it.
The division information, electronic pen code, triage tag (from number to number), mobile phone number, triage practitioner name or triage practitioner code are registered in the triage tag information server or medical institution terminal.

The triage provider goes to the disaster area with an electronic pen, mobile phone, and triage tag.
As shown in FIG. 3, the triage practitioner diagnoses the victim in the affected area, and describes the triage tag description information (in FIG. 3, “tag information” is omitted) by means of the electronic pen 1 on the triage tag. ) And affixed to any of the extremities together with a piece of label paper identifying the order of priority treatment (step 1; hereinafter referred to as S1).
The electronic pen description means writes a check mark in a check box printed on the triage tag, and transmits the triage tag description information and the electronic pen code described in the triage tag to the mobile phone (S2).

The mobile phone 31 transmits “electronic pen code and triage tag description information” transmitted from the electronic pen 1 to an electronic pen system management server (not shown) (S3).
The mobile phone 31 receives the URL of the ASH server from the PLS server (electronic pen system management server) described in the section of the electronic pen system management server, and transmits it to the electronic pen.
The electronic pen again transmits the electronic pen code and the triage tag description information to the URL of the ASH server (electronic pen system management server) via the mobile phone 31.
The mobile phone 31 receives “electronic pen code and triage tag description information” converted into text data from the ASH server (S4).
The mobile phone 31 transmits the “electronic pen code and triage tag description information” received in S4 to the medical institution terminal 6 or a triage tag information server (not shown) (S5).
Depending on the system, the “electronic pen code and triage tag description information” received in S4 may be directly transmitted from the ASH server to a triage tag information server (not shown).

The medical institution terminal 6 receives the “electronic pen code and triage tag description information (A)” transmitted in S5, and analyzes it with a computer in the medical institution (S6).
The medical institution terminal 6 stores the analyzed triage tag description information for each patient database (S7).
The medical institution terminal 6 transmits victim relief information to related organizations.

  It can be used for medical activities in areas affected by large-scale disasters, medical activities at relief hospitals / base hospitals during normal times, medical activities at doctor cars, medical activities at doctor helicopters, and treatment activities within ambulances.

It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the apparatus structure of the sick person management system by use of the triage tag of this Embodiment, and a triage tag. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of a triage tag. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the management procedure of the sick person management system by using the triage tag of this Embodiment . It is a figure for demonstrating an electronic pen. It is a figure for demonstrating a dot pattern only for an electronic pen.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Electronic pen 2 Triage tag 3 Communication terminal 4 Electronic pen system management server 5 Triage tag information server 6 Medical institution terminal 21 Check box 22 Victim information description part 23 Sign 31 Mobile phone 101 Electronic pen housing 102 Communication part 103 Storage part 104 Control unit 105 Imaging unit 106 Writing unit 107 Pressure sensor 108 Ink cartridge