JP2012215984A - Monitoring and searching system of automated external defibrillator, guidance system of automated external defibrillator, monitoring center of automated external defibrillator, and monitoring method for automated external defibrillator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) monitoring and searching system, when encountering a scene required to use the AED, allowing a person (AED arrangement client) who wants to use the AED to specify an installation place of the AED and acquire whether the AED is in a surely usable state or not.SOLUTION: The AED side includes a terminal that, upon a request of a person (AED arrangement client) who wants to use the AED, acquires information of the AED being present near (in the vicinity of) a person for whom the AED is actually used (a side where a person in need of rescue is present) and transmits it to a monitoring center side. The monitoring center side includes means for generating AED information suited for the use by the AED arrangement client based on the information of the terminal and providing it to a terminal of the AED arrangement client side.

Description

  The present invention monitors the state of an automatic external defibrillator (hereinafter referred to as AED), and when an AED is required in an emergency, it properly searches for the location of the AED and provides the user who needs it. It relates to the system to be provided.

  In more detail, information such as the installation location of the AED and whether it can be used, that is, whether the electrode pad and the battery are sufficient, etc. is grasped, and a user who needs an available AED is guided to the AED installation location, or the AED The present invention relates to an AED monitoring system, an AED search system, and an AED guidance system that can prompt a person near the installation location to carry a user.

The current situation surrounding the AED is that the cost of introducing and maintaining the AED has decreased due to rental, and the threshold for introducing the AED has been lowered. Therefore, the number of installed units is expected to increase in the future.
Up until now, AEDs have been mainly set up by the purchasing organization.

  AEDs are not used frequently, and knowledge about AEDs is not sufficient, so there are many cases where proper maintenance is not performed, and there are accidents in which AEDs cannot be used due to running out of batteries when they are actually needed. It has occurred. Due to the frequent occurrence of such accidents, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare issued a notice on April 16, 2009, “About the proper management of automatic external defibrillators (AEDs)”.

  In response to this notification from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, since 2009, companies handling AEDs have begun to provide rental AEDs and maintenance services, including regular inspections of batteries. Specifically, this service automatically sends consumables periodically because AED batteries and electrode pads have expiration dates.

  However, rental AED has just begun to be provided, and the current maintenance method is personal.

  In the present situation, there is a case for installing an emergency device and its management system (see Patent Document 1) as a conventional technique, but since a dedicated case is required, it is applicable to an existing AED monitoring system. It is unsuitable.

  Although it is possible to monitor the state of the AED by using a general monitoring system with the AED monitoring system, the AED exists in a place where the AED is required (a place where a rescuer is required) and is easy. However, if the presence of the AED is not clear, it may be difficult to specify the location of the AED.

  Even if the location of the AED can be specified, it is difficult to specify whether the AED is actually usable, for example, whether the battery is ready for use. Moreover, current personal monitoring methods are limited.

  In other words, monitoring is only a matter of grasping the state of the AED, and the response according to the state is merely a matter that the AED provider visits the site and takes human action, and makes effective use of the grasped information. In other words, it was not taken into consideration, for example, provision to users who need an AED in an emergency. In other words, when an AED is actually used, it is not considered to try to search for an available AED.

JP 2007-058442 A

  In view of this point, the first object of the present invention is to specify a place where the AED is installed by a user who uses the AED (AED arrangement requester) when an emergency scene that requires the use of the AED is encountered. It is another object of the present invention to provide an AED monitoring / search system, an AED monitoring center, and a method capable of grasping whether or not the AED is surely available.

  A second object is to provide an AED monitoring / search system, an AED monitoring center, and a method capable of automatically notifying an emergency center that there is a rescuer.

  A third object is to provide an AED monitoring / search system, an AED monitoring center and a method capable of searching for the nearest AED and the currently available AED and notifying the AED arrangement requester. is there.

  The fourth purpose is to guide the AED arrangement requester and its collaborators to quickly reach the AED installation location or to the AED arrangement requester to the AED arrangement requester. For example, an AED monitoring / search / guidance system, an AED monitoring center, and a method for monitoring / searching information of an AED and analyzing it to enable transportation to a person who wants to use the AED are provided.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, information indicating the state of the AED, for example, a person actually used (required) according to the request of the person who wants to use the AED (AED arrangement requester) on the AED side. Equipped with a terminal with a communication function that acquires information related to the AED in the vicinity of (rescuers) side and transmits it to the monitoring center side, and the monitoring center side arranges an AED based on the information from this terminal A means for generating AED information suitable for use by the client and providing it to the terminal on the AED arrangement requester side is provided.

  The terminal that acquires the AED information is, for example, a sensor that can check various indicators and levels of the AED, or an AED monitoring terminal that has a camera function, a GPS, and a communication function. The AED monitoring center has, for example, a communication function for communicating with an AED monitoring terminal, a storage function for storing AED information from the terminal, a function for receiving an AED arrangement request from an inquirer terminal on the AED arrangement requester side, A function of acquiring maintenance information of the current AED from each AED monitoring terminal of a plurality of AEDs installed in the vicinity of the arrangement requester, information obtained by analyzing the acquired information, and providing to the terminal which is the device on the AED arrangement requester side And a function of providing suitable AED information to the terminal on the AED arrangement requester side.

  The acquired information does not necessarily have to be accumulated on the monitoring center side. You may distribute and manage to the AED monitoring terminal of the AED installation housing | casing side. The terminal on the AED arrangement side may be an inquirer terminal having a communication function, such as a mobile phone.

  After providing information to the terminal on the AED arrangement side, it is preferable to provide a function for displaying so that the person operating the inquiry terminal on the AED arrangement side can navigate so that the route to the AED installation location can be understood. In addition, the AED monitoring terminal on the AED installation side is notified by voice or e-mail that there is a rescuer who needs AED, and the route to the rescuer on the display of the AED monitoring terminal. It is preferable to display the navigation so that the (route) can be understood, and to have a function to enable AED transportation.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to accurately grasp information related to the AED installed in the vicinity of the AED arrangement requester, and provide appropriate AED information to the user from the grasped information. The side can quickly acquire the AED.

  In response to the AED information, the inquirer terminal on the AED arrangement side transmits guidance information that can confirm the position of the AED arrangement requester to the AED monitoring terminal on the AED installation housing side based on the position information of the terminal. be able to. Thereby, AED acquisition can be performed more quickly.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an automatic external defibrillator monitoring / search system according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is an input screen diagram showing an example of the AED arrangement request page of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing information processing among the AED monitoring terminal, the monitoring center, and the inquirer terminal. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram visually representing the content and flow of information during normal operation in FIG. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram visually representing the content and flow of information during the search process of FIG. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram visually representing the content and flow of information during the transportation process of FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an AED monitoring process flow of the AED monitoring terminal installed on the AED installation housing side. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of AED search processing by the monitoring center. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating state transition of the AED monitoring terminal. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of analysis processing by the analysis unit of the monitoring center. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of an AED state definition. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of AED scoring.

  A new AED monitoring / search system has been implemented to enable the precise search of the location and state of the AED when the AED is required, and to accurately and quickly deliver it to the person who needs the AED.

  First, the configuration of the entire system will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the entire system of the present invention.

  In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes an inquirer terminal 102 of an AED arrangement side apparatus 10 that requests arrangement of an AED, which includes a communication unit 1022, a position measurement unit 1021, a call unit 1023, a storage unit 1025, a display unit 1026, This is a communication terminal (hereinafter referred to as an inquirer terminal) having a control unit 1027, etc., and the terminal is constituted by, for example, a widely used portable terminal.

  Reference numeral 20 denotes a request-side AED installation housing in which the AED 201 is installed. The housing reads the AED 201 and the AED information of the AED, or transmits the read information by communicating with a monitoring center or the like. And a communication terminal 202 (hereinafter referred to as an AED monitoring terminal).

  The AED 201 has a self-diagnosis (maintenance) function, and has an indicator 2011 for periodically checking the battery capacity and function by the AED itself and indicating the result. Therefore, specifically, a communication function that has an AED status indicator (liquid crystal indicator), a sensor that can confirm a label or the like, or a camera function that can shoot, and that can transmit acquired information to the monitoring center side. Any terminal that has

  On the indicators and labels, etc., the contents (maintenance information) include AED installation location (address), indicator status, battery status (remaining battery level), battery replacement date / time (last battery replacement date / time), electrode pad replacement date / time, location information Etc. are included. For example, the AED 201 installed in the AED installation housing 20 is disposed so as to face the indicator and label of the AED 201, and the AED indicator is periodically photographed, and maintenance is included in the photographing (reading) information. The AED monitoring terminal 202 has a communication function for transmitting information to the monitoring center 30.

  The AED monitoring terminal 202 includes a sensor unit 2021, a communication unit 2022, a call unit 2023, a speaker unit 2024, a storage unit 2025, a display unit 2026, a position measurement unit 2028, a control unit 2027, and the like that read information on an indicator of the AED 201. . In other words, since the AED monitoring terminal 202 acquires AED information and notifies the monitoring center 30 side, the AED monitoring terminal 202 is owned by a person in the vicinity of the AED installation location even if it is a dedicated terminal for AED monitoring. For example, a mobile terminal having a camera function or a communication function may be substituted. A dedicated terminal is desirable to periodically acquire information indicating the state of the AED.

  For obtaining maintenance information from the AED, for example, when using the RFID method (pashbu method), the maximum communication range is 3 to 5 m, which is advantageous in terms of power consumption, but cannot be monitored alone. Therefore, for example, a monitoring terminal as described above may be provided instead. Moreover, as information (status information) related to the AED, for example, the power pad replacement time and the presence / absence of functions assumed for children may be collected from the label.

  30 can communicate with the inquirer terminal 102, the AED monitoring terminal 202, and other communication devices (emergency center, etc.). AED information monitored and acquired by the sensor unit 2021 of the AED monitoring terminal 202, for example, various AED indicators The AED monitoring center has a function of periodically receiving maintenance information including information such as a battery replacement label and storing it in the database 303.

  Further, when the AED monitoring center 30 receives an AED request (AED arrangement request signal) from the inquirer terminal 101, it acquires the current AED maintenance information (latest information) from the AED monitoring terminal 202 on the AED side, and the acquisition Analyzes based on information (latest information) and acquired information stored in advance in the database 303, and has a function of collecting AED information most suitable for the user based on the analysis result and providing it to the inquirer terminal 101 The monitoring center 30 stores a communication unit 3022 for realizing a communication function with each terminal, an information analysis unit 3029 for analyzing information obtained by the communication unit, and information necessary for the information analysis. A monitoring server 302 including a storage unit 301 including a database and a control unit 3027 and an AED information database 301 are configured. To have. The monitoring server 302 that executes information processing including these information analyzes can be configured by an information processing apparatus (such as a computer).

  That is, the monitoring center 30 receives information sent from the AED monitoring terminal 201, and informs the AED monitoring terminal 202 that there is a user who wants to use the AED (voice, AED arranger AED information for storing information from the AED monitoring terminal received by the receiving unit of the communication unit (refer to the contents of FIG. 1) received by the receiving unit of the communication unit. A database 301, an analysis unit 3029 that analyzes the state of the AED based on information stored in advance in the database and the latest information from the AED monitoring terminal 202, and an analysis result analyzed by the analysis unit (Not shown) and a control unit 3027 for controlling to transmit to the inquirer terminal 102 via the transmission unit of the communication unit and the control unit And a data processing apparatus, including with which the storage unit 3025 which stores such software for. As a monitoring center, there is a user who only wants to notify the AED monitoring terminal that “the AED has become an arrangement target”, and on the AED monitoring terminal side, generates voice data and uses the AED. It is also possible to take a method of informing this by voice or the like.

  As the inquirer terminal 101 on the side requesting AED arrangement, for example, an information device equipped with GPS such as a portable terminal can be used.

  As shown in FIG. 2, an AED arrangement request page is displayed on the display 1026 of the inquirer terminal 101. On the display screen, necessary information such as gender, age, weight, position conditions, etc. are input, and AED arrangement is made. Request arrangement with button 1012.

  Next, an outline of search processing by the management center 30 side and AED transport processing between the AED monitoring terminal 202 and the inquirer terminal 102 will be described.

  (1) The AED arrangement requester opens the dedicated AED arrangement request page of the monitoring center 30 by the inquirer terminal 102, inputs necessary information on the page, and requests the AED arrangement request to the monitoring center 30 via the network. I do.

  As shown in Fig. 2, for example, the AED arrangement request page displays information such as the sex, age, weight, and location information (address, hierarchy, building name) of at least the target person (rescue person) who needs AED. This can be realized by preparing an item 1011 for inputting "A" and an AED arrangement button 1012. Age, weight, etc. are speculative information, but adults or children (for children under 8 years of age and under 25 kg, it is effective for searching with priority given to AEDs equipped with electrode pads for children) It is important to distinguish In short, it is desirable that the AED arrangement requester transmits the physical characteristics and position (position obtained from GPS) information of the rescuer to the monitoring center 30 side. A device not equipped with GPS may be provided with an AED arrangement page having items for inputting position information.

  In identifying the position, in addition to the position identification technology (GPS) that is normally used, a method of collating with the AED installation location managed in the database DB may be used. If importance is placed on specifying the position, one that targets restrictions on moving places such as cars is one. For example, AED permanent installation in a service car and navigation to a rescuer using a car navigation system can be considered. When the in-vehicle AED is in the basic form, it does not require installation, and therefore there is an advantage that it is not necessary to secure an installation location.

  (2) Upon receiving information indicating the physical characteristics and position of the rescue requester from the inquirer terminal 101, the monitoring center 30 sends an emergency notification through the communication unit 3022 to the emergency medical center or the like.

  At this time, it is possible to quickly and easily contact accurate information with respect to the emergency by communication based on GPS position information. In addition, normally, two people, an arrangement requester who makes an AED arrangement request and an emergency contact person, are required. According to this system, these arrangements can be made by one person.

  (3) When the monitoring center 30 receives an AED arrangement request from the inquirer terminal 101, the monitoring center 30 side has a plurality of equipment installed in the peripheral equipment of the AED arrangement requester (inquiry terminal 101), such as a building or a hotel. An acquisition request for information (maintenance information, etc.) related to the AED 201 is made to the AED, that is, the AED monitoring terminal 202 of the AED 201.

  Upon receiving this request, the AED monitoring terminal 202 displays information indicating the latest state taken by the monitoring camera of the AED monitoring terminal 202 installed facing the maintenance information display (AED various indicators) of the AED 201, for example. To the side.

  (4) Upon receiving the latest information from the AED monitoring terminal 202, the monitoring center 30 receives this latest information through the communication unit 3022 and analyzes the information from the analysis unit 3029. This analysis is performed by, for example, acquiring information from the AED monitoring terminal 202 on the AED 201 side in information stored in the database 301 held in advance by the center itself, for example, distance from a rescuer, AED maintenance state, geographical conditions, etc. ) Based on the analysis.

By such analysis, the optimum AED 201 can be selected from a plurality of AEDs. It is assumed that the database 301 stores a set of information necessary for analysis so that an AED in which information cannot be acquired from the AED monitoring terminal 202 and an AED in which no AED monitoring terminal is installed can be searched.
This makes it possible to automatically exclude AEDs that are not actually usable from the target, and to arrange optimal AEDs considering the age of the rescuer (adults and children).

  (5) After analyzing the information, the monitoring center 30 side notifies the AED monitoring terminal 202 on the AED side of the result, that is, the item determined as the arrangement AED. Upon receiving the notification, the AED monitoring terminal side notifies that there is a person who wants to use the AED 201.

  This notification method can be dealt with by sending a voice message such as “There is a person who needs an AED. Please carry according to instructions from the terminal” from the AED monitoring terminal 202. Alternatively, when there are displays having functions such as character display on the AED side and the surrounding facilities, the display may be used to notify.

  (6) In addition, information on the arrangement AED is notified to the inquirer terminal 101 through the communication unit 3022.

  (7) Thereby, the route to the place where the AED to be used is installed is navigated on the inquirer terminal 101 side. For the inquirer terminal 101 without the navigation function, information is provided by an alternative means such as simply displaying the map of the AED location or sending the map by e-mail.

  (8) A person capable of carrying an AED (hereinafter referred to as an AED carrier) by the notice of (5), that is, the notice from the monitoring center 30 to the AED monitoring terminal 202 of the arranged AED that the arranged AED is determined. ), The route to the AED arrangement requester on the inquirer terminal 101 side is navigated by checking the AED monitoring terminal 202.

  (9) The navigation information is updated at any time according to changes in the position information of the inquiry terminal 101 of the AED arranger and the AED monitoring terminal 202 of the AED carrier, and helps the two parties join. It is good also as a structure which notifies the contact means with respect to the AED monitoring terminal 202 at the time of the information notification to an inquirer. If the problem of protecting personal information can be cleared, the contact information of the inquirer may be notified to the AED monitoring terminal side. In addition, when the AED is delivered to the person in need of rescue, the emergency center is notified of the delivery time (the time when the location information at the time of the inquiry and the location information of the AED monitoring terminal match). Also good.

  By adopting means to approach the AED arrangement requester from the AED installation side by AED transportation by such a third party, the time to use the AED can be shortened and a high survival discharge rate can be expected. For the same reason, the number of AEDs that can be used by rescuers is increased, and the occurrence of a situation where no AED is found can be reduced.

  Next, the flow from AED arrangement (normal operation process) to AED monitoring (search process) and AED transport (transport process) will be further described with reference to FIGS.

  First, in FIG. 3, on the AED installation side, (A-1) AED information is collected in advance (step 2001), and (A-2) position information is measured (step 2002). These pieces of information are transmitted to the monitoring center 30 side as (A-3) AED maintenance information, and recorded in the AED information database 301 on the monitoring center 30 side (step 3001).

  In this state, the inquirer terminal 101 on the AED arrangement side requests (B-1) AED arrangement from the monitoring center 30 side. For this request, for example, as described above, necessary information is input from the screen of the terminal 101 shown in FIG.

  Upon receiving information indicating the physical characteristics and position of the rescuer from the inquirer terminal 101, the monitoring center 30 side receives (B-2) an AED arrangement request (step 3002), and the AED installation side AED monitoring terminal A maintenance information collection is requested to 202.

  At this time, emergency notification may be made to the emergency medical center or the like through the communication unit 3022. By doing so, it is possible to quickly and easily contact accurate information with respect to the emergency by communication based on GPS position information. In addition, normally, two people, an arrangement requester who makes an AED arrangement request and an emergency contact person, are required. According to this system, these arrangements can be made by one person.

  Upon receiving the maintenance information collection request, the AED monitoring terminal 202 collects (B-4) AED maintenance information (step 2003) and (B-5) transmits the AED maintenance information to the monitoring center 30 side by the method described above. .

  On the monitoring center 30 side, information that could not be acquired by the AED monitoring terminal 202 is acquired from the database 301 (step 3003), and (B-7) an AED that seems to be optimal is determined from the collected information (step 3004).

  When the AED is determined, the monitoring center 30 side notifies the inquirer terminal 101 of (B-8) a usable AED, and (B-9) arranges for the AED monitoring terminal 202 to be arranged. Notify that it has become AED.

  Upon receiving the notification from the monitoring server, the inquirer terminal 101 displays (C-1) AED position information on the display unit 1026 (step 1001), and (C-2) present position information by a well-known method. Obtain (step 1002).

  In addition, the AED monitoring terminal 202 that has received the notification from the monitoring server notifies the surroundings that there is an AED arrangement request, for example, through a speaker (step 2004).

  In addition, (D-2) the position information of the AED arrangement requester is displayed on the display unit 2026 (step 2005), and (D-3) the current position information is a well-known method, for example, the GPS described above or a database in addition to the GPS. Acquired by using in combination with a method of collating with the AED installation location managed in the DB (step 2006).

  After that, (c-3) and (C-4) the respective location information is transmitted and received between both terminals, and the installation location of the AED can be confirmed based on the location information. In carrying the AED, it is preferable to use the well-known navigation function described above.

  4 to 6 show the contents of the indicator (maintenance information) and the transmission / reception of AED position information in each process in FIG. 3 in an easy-to-understand manner.

  That is, FIG. 4 shows that the battery status, “battery replacement date / time”, “electrode pad replacement date / time, AED manufacturing date / time, etc.” are read by the AED monitoring terminal 202 as the contents of the information such as the indicator 2111. In addition, the AED information database 301 on the monitoring center 30 side indicates that these pieces of information are recorded.

  5 and 6 show the flow of information among the monitoring center 30 side, the AED monitoring terminal 202, and the inquirer terminal 101, AED search execution on the display units 2026 and 1026 of both terminals, AED search results, and AED. It shows the state of the navigation and navigation to those who need help. The same parts as those in FIG.

  Next, the AED monitoring processing flow by the AED monitoring terminal 202 operates based on FIG.

  In the figure, when the AED monitoring terminal 201 is started, in step 2021, AED information, that is, maintenance information is acquired from the AED monitoring terminal 202 periodically (every period time) (* 1). * 1 means that it is possible to control whether to notify the result to the management center in the next step depending on whether an abnormality is found by acquiring information.

  This collection and acquisition may be, for example, a method in which various AED indicators are photographed with a camera of an AED monitoring terminal. The collection / acquisition information includes, for example, information indicating an AED installation location, an administrator, information indicating an AED state, and the like.

  As the AED state, for example, as shown in FIG. 11, there are “normal”, “use caution”, “unusable”, and the display form is “green lamp blinking”, “i button blinking” by the AED manufacturer. ", Hourglass mark flashing", "X mark flashing", "X mark lit", "indicator lit green", "indicator lit red", "OK indicator display", "other than OK (* 1) indicator display" "Slightly different." A common condition for AEDs is: “There is no abnormality on the indicator and the battery replacement time limit has not been exceeded, but there is a possibility that the battery has been consumed since normal installation, such as having been used once or more after replacement. (* 2) ”,“ Battery replacement deadline has been exceeded (* 2) ”. Here, * 1 means a battery mark, a caution mark, a range mark, etc., and * 2 means that only a model whose battery remaining amount is not reflected on the indicator indicates the target.

In this figure, there are three cases: normal, attention to use, and unusable, but more detailed state definitions may be made based on information to be collected.
At this time, if an abnormality is observed on the AED side, it is preferable to report to the monitoring center 30. The start of the AED monitoring terminal may be always started (ON), and for example, the ON / OFF time may be determined periodically by a timer. In short, it is desirable to configure so that AED information can be collected periodically at a predetermined time even when an abnormality occurs on the AED side or even if it is normal.

  Next, in step 2022, the AED monitoring terminal 201 transmits the acquired result (information) to the monitoring center (* 2) for updating the AED information. * 2 Considering the load on the monitoring center 30 side, this processing may be performed at a different timing from information collection, or may be controlled only once in several times of information collection. Means good. It also means that the AED information used at the time of analysis may be managed on the AED monitoring terminal 202 side instead of being managed on the monitoring center 30 side. By doing so, the load on the monitoring center 30 side can be reduced.

  Next, the AED search processing flow by the monitoring center 30 will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, when an AED arrangement request is received from the inquirer terminal 101 in step 3001, the monitoring center 30 first issues an inquiry number (ID) corresponding to the inquiry (* 1). * 1 means that this ID needs to be unique, but because it is for internal management, there is no need to notify the inquirer (AED arrangement requester). Notification may be made if necessary.

  Next, an information acquisition request is made to the AED monitoring terminal 202 based on the position information of the inquirer terminal. In step 2025, the AED monitoring terminal 202 that has received the information acquisition request checks whether or not provisional reservation has been made.

  If the reservation has been made, the process waits until the temporary reservation state is canceled or the state is updated to the actual reservation in Step 2026 (* 2). * 2 means that there may actually be a plurality of inquiries that are waiting to be reserved, and therefore it is necessary to loop this process at the time of implementation and manage it in the queue list by inquiry number.

  It is assumed that the time required for AED arrangement (temporary reservation → main reservation, provisional reservation → reservation cancellation time) is sufficiently short, and there are not many AED requests in the same area and in the same time zone. Originally, the process is to perform standby. If it is not practical to wait until the status is changed in the actual system construction, the reservation process is reviewed with reference to the existing reservation system. Thereafter, the process proceeds to Step 2027.

  Next, when the status is updated in the main reservation, or in the case where it is not reserved, it is confirmed in step 2027 whether or not the main reservation has been completed.

  If the reservation has been made, in step 2029, the monitoring center 30 is responded that the reservation has been made. If the reservation has not been made, in step 2028, AED information is collected and a temporary reservation is made with the inquiry number (* 3). * 3 means that when the database is managed by the AED monitoring terminal 202, the analysis is performed only by the information of the AED monitoring terminal 202.

  The state of the AED monitoring terminal changes as shown in FIG. In the state transition shown in the figure, it is assumed that the AED is used without inquiring the AED via the monitoring center 30, and the AED monitoring terminal 202 may directly make a reservation. In the range where the AED is actually used, it is assumed that the AED monitoring terminal 202 does not bother reserving the AED. However, even if the reservation is executed, there is no AED at the time of information acquisition. Therefore, an AED that has been used without being reserved by mistake is not selected as a candidate.

  After the reservation in steps 2028 and 2029, the monitoring center 30 receives these reservations, and in step 3004, based on the information acquired from the AED monitoring terminal 202 and the information in the database 301 on the monitoring center 30 side, the AED user Analyze the AED that seems to be optimal for the (rescue person) side (* 3, * 4). This analysis is executed in the analysis unit 3025. When the database 301 is managed on the AED monitoring terminal 202 side, the analysis is performed only with the information of the AED monitoring terminal. Details of the analysis of * 4 will be described later.

  As a result of the analysis, if there is no available AED in step 3005, a response indicating that there is no available AED is sent to the inquirer terminal 101 in step 3006.

  If there is an available AED, in step 3007, the AED monitoring terminal 202 of the AED to be used is booked, and it is reconfirmed that the target AED exists (* 5). * 5 means that the AED monitoring terminal 202 may be provided with a call function and contact the user.

  Next, in step 3008, it is confirmed whether or not an AED exists and a main reservation has been made. If the main reservation is confirmed, in step 3009, information of the AED that has been reserved is transmitted to the inquirer terminal and provided. When this reservation cannot be confirmed, the above steps 3003 to 3008 are repeatedly executed.

  Thereafter, in step 3010, the reservation of the AED monitoring terminal in the provisional reservation state is canceled, and the process ends in step 3011. The search result in the above steps may be reported to a facility such as an emergency management center for grasping the state.

  In this flow, in order to simplify the description, a request from the monitoring center and processing for a case where there is one AED monitoring terminal 202 are described. For this reason, the processing sequence of one monitoring center 30 and one AED monitoring terminal 202 has been described. However, in reality, a case of a many-to-many relationship is assumed, and it is necessary to construct the processing sequence so that parallel processing can be performed. There is.

  In mounting, a device may be devised to provide a timeout time so that processing can be continued even when there is no response from all AED monitoring terminals 202.

  The search range of the AED monitoring terminal 202 that is the information collection target is not defined because it depends on the number of installed AEDs per unit area. However, considering the survival discharge rate due to the use of AED, it is desirable to use AED within 10 minutes for those who need help. Normally, considering the time required to transport the AED on the forward and return routes, the distance that can be reached within 5 minutes one way is the search range. However, in this system, since a case where a carrier appears is assumed, a search range is reached up to a place that can be reached within 10 minutes one way.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the analysis processing of the analysis unit 3029. In the figure, the analysis is started in step 30041, and in step 30042, the unusable AEDs and the reserved AEDs are excluded from the targets among the searched AEDs.

  Next, in step 30043, it is determined whether or not the number of target AEDs is zero. In the case of 0, it responds that there is no available AED and ends the analysis.

  If the number of target AEDs is not 0, in step 30044, the installation conditions and usage conditions of each AED are acquired from the database 303 storing the basic information of the AEDs. For example, the installation conditions are “installed on the ground (underground) of the X building, on the x floor”, “installed on a moving object”, and the usage conditions are “can enter and exit the installation location” Can be used only by the elderly ”,“ presence / absence of pediatric electrode pads ”, and the like.

  Next, in step 30045, the latest information acquired from the AED monitoring terminal 202 is weighted by the score from the installation conditions / use conditions, etc., and the one with the lowest score is selected as the AED suitable for the user. In step 30046, Select an available AED.

  FIG. 12 shows an example of scoring according to conditions. For example, if the condition is “AED for use”, the score is “1 point”, “compared to the nearest AED and requires more than 5 minutes to arrive”, “3 points”, “from manufacturing” If it is more than 5 years (* 1), give it as “1 point”. These weights (scores) are stored in the database 303. * 1 means that this condition may be added only when there is a large functional difference between AEDs, not just the number of years since manufacture.

  Here, based on the analysis result, a process of notifying the AED management company that an abnormal state has occurred may be performed.

  It can be used as a support service for a system for creating a remote monitoring center by periodically acquiring information and creating an AED map using real-time information by GPS.

10 AED arrangement side device 101 AED arrangement communication terminal (inquiry person terminal)
20 AED installation side device (AED installation housing)
201 AED
202 AED monitoring terminal 30 Monitoring center 301 AED information database 302 Monitoring server

Claims (8)

An AED monitoring terminal having a function of monitoring information related to the AED and communicating the monitoring information is connected to an inquirer terminal on the side of arranging the AED, and the information on the AED monitoring terminal on the AED side is received and analyzed. And a system including an AED monitoring center for notifying both the terminals to that effect,
The AED monitoring terminal can be installed on the AED side or in the vicinity of the AED, and includes a communication terminal having a function of monitoring the AED and collecting information.
The inquirer terminal comprises a communication terminal having a communication function,
The AED monitoring center records information received from the AED monitoring terminal that collects information of the plurality of AEDs installed around the inquirer terminal, and information received by the server. AED information database
When the monitoring server receives an AED arrangement request from the inquirer terminal, it requests the AED monitoring terminal to collect information on the AED, receives information in response to the request, and receives the information and the AED information. Analyzing means for analyzing and determining an AED suitable for a request from the inquirer terminal based on AED information recorded in advance in a database, and means for notifying both terminals of the analysis result of the analyzing means AED monitoring and searching system characterized by that. The AED monitoring / search system according to claim 1,
When the inquirer terminal receives AED information of the AED monitoring terminal from the AED monitoring center, an AED monitoring system is provided that displays a route to a place where the AED is installed.・ Search system. The AED monitoring / search system according to claim 1,
When the AED monitoring terminal receives notification from the AED monitoring center that there is a rescuer on the inquirer terminal side, the route to the AED monitoring terminal where the AED is installed is displayed on the inquirer terminal. An AED monitoring / search system comprising an AED guidance system that performs The AED monitoring / search system according to claim 3,
The AED monitoring / guidance system, which is an AED guidance system in which the route information of the inquiry terminal is periodically updated based on the location information of the AED monitoring terminal. When an AED arrangement request is received from an inquirer terminal that desires use of the AED, the inquirer terminal side selects from the information about the AED including information on the AED position and AED state existing around the inquirer terminal. AED monitoring center characterized in that AED information suitable for use is generated and transmitted to the inquirer terminal. When an AED arrangement request is received from the inquirer terminal on the side that desires to use the AED, the AED monitoring terminal that monitors the maintenance information of the AED and the inquirer terminal that inquires the AED are arranged. The AED monitoring terminal that collects information on the plurality of AEDs installed in the vicinity of the inquiry terminal is requested to collect information on the AED, and information from the AED monitoring terminal that responds to the request is displayed. Analysis means for receiving and analyzing and determining an AED suitable for a request from the inquirer terminal based on the received information and information in an AED information database in which AED information is stored in advance; and analysis information of the analysis means AED monitoring center including a monitoring server provided with means for notifying both terminals. AED arrangement request is received from the AED arrangement terminal on the side wishing to use the AED, AED information including information on the position and AED state of the AED is acquired, the acquisition information is analyzed, and the AED arrangement is analyzed. A process of generating information on an AED suitable for use on the AED arrangement terminal side from among AEDs existing around the terminal, and a process of transmitting the generated information to the AED arrangement terminal AED monitoring method. An AED monitoring method by a monitoring center arranged between an AED monitoring terminal that monitors AED maintenance information and an inquirer terminal that makes an AED inquiry,
A process of accepting an AED arrangement request from the inquirer terminal on the side wishing to use the AED;
A process of requesting the AED monitoring terminal that collects information on the plurality of AEDs installed around the inquirer terminal to collect information on the AED;
Processing to receive information from the AED monitoring terminal in response to the request;
A process of analyzing and determining an AED suitable for a request from the inquirer terminal based on the received information and AED information in an AED information database in which AED information is stored in advance;
A process of notifying the inquirer terminal and the AED monitoring terminal that the AED can be used by the analysis and determination process and that the AED has been arranged;
An AED monitoring method comprising:

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