JP2013132360A - Operation support system for defibrillator and defibrillator equipped with the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an operation support system capable of simplifying usage preparation work including the choice of an operation guide language of a defibrillator.SOLUTION: The operation support system is used to support the operations of a defibrillator such as an AED (automated external defibrillator). This defibrillator has a body, a case for housing the body, and a lid formed to be openable/closable on the case. A guide section of the operation support system chooses either a voice output for the operation guide of the defibrillator or a language of information to be displayed on the basis of a way of opening the lid.

Description

  The present invention relates to an operation support system that supports operation of a defibrillator such as an automatic external defibrillator (AED), and a defibrillator equipped with the same.

  Defibrillators are known that use electrodes to apply electrical shock to a patient's myocardium to remove cardiac fibrillation. Since AED was approved for use by non-medical workers in 2004, AED installation in public facilities such as stations and sports facilities has increased since then.

  In general, the AED has a function of guiding operation procedures with operation guidance voice (that is, voice guidance) so that even non-medical workers can use it correctly. Some display operation guide information such as pictures and characters for explaining the operation method for each operation step.

  For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a multilingual AED that can switch the language of voice guidance by pressing a button.

Special table 2010-508941 gazette JP 7-120135 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-4133 Utility Model Registration No. 3150029

  However, in the AED described in Patent Document 1, a language switching button is provided on the AED main body. Since the AED is usually stored and stored in a case when not in use, it requires a series of operations such as opening the AED case at the start of use and then pressing a button on the AED main body for language selection. . However, this series of operations for preparing to use the AED has a certain limit in reducing the time required to give an electric shock to the patient.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an operation support system capable of simplifying the use preparation work including selection of an operation guidance language of a defibrillator and a defibrillator equipped with the same.

  An operation support system according to the present invention is an operation support system for supporting the operation of a defibrillator having a main body, a case that houses the main body, and a lid that is provided in the case so as to be freely opened and closed. And a guide unit that selects a language of operation guidance of the defibrillator based on how to open the lid.

  The defibrillator which concerns on this invention has said operation assistance system.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the use preparation work including selection of the operation guidance language of a defibrillator can be simplified.

The figure which shows the structure of AED provided with the operation assistance system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention The figure which shows the language selection by how to open the cover part of AED which concerns on one embodiment of this invention FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an AED language switching control method according to an embodiment of the present invention; The figure which shows the modification of the structure of AED which concerns on one embodiment of this invention

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an AED provided with an operation support system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The AED 10 in FIG. 1 includes a main body 11 to which a pad portion 11a is connected, and a case 12 that houses the main body 11. The AED 10 is stored in a state in which the lid 12a of the case 12 is closed when not in use, and can be used by opening the lid 12a and taking out the pad 11a when in use.

  The main body 11 is provided with an electric shock button 11b, a speaker 11c, and a screen portion 11d.

  The electric shock button 11b is a button for executing energization to the living body.

  The speaker 11c outputs a voice guidance or the like under the control of a control unit (not shown) inside the main body 11 as a voice guidance unit.

  The screen unit 11d is a liquid crystal display device, for example, and displays an image such as measurement data.

  Since the main internal configuration and operation procedure of the main body 11 of the AED 10 are well known, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  The lid 12a of the case 12 is attached to the case 12 so that it can be opened in a plurality of directions (for example, left and right) with respect to the case 12. In addition, the structure for opening a door in the left-right direction is realizable by applying the technique etc. of the door of the double door type described in patent documents 2-4, for example.

  The lid part 12a is provided with an AED operation guide 20 as a display guide part. Since the AED operation guide 20 is disposed on the back side of the lid portion 12a, the AED operation guide 20 is covered by the lid portion 12a when the lid portion 12a is closed, and is visible from the outside when the lid portion 12a is open.

  The AED operation guide 20 includes a Japanese display unit 20a, an English display unit 20b, a display cover 20c, and a rotation unit 20d. The Japanese display unit 20a has operation guide information such as pictures and characters for explaining the operation method in Japanese. The English display unit 20b includes display of operation guidance information such as pictures and characters for explaining the operation method in English.

  The display cover 20c can be rotated between a first position where the Japanese display portion 20a is shown and the English display portion 20b is hidden, and a second position where the Japanese display portion 20a is hidden and the English display portion 20b is shown. In addition, it is supported by the rotating part 20d and is configured to be able to change its position according to the state of the lid part 12a. For example, when the lid 12a is closed, the display cover 20c is in the first position. When the lid 12a is opened on the right side of the case 12, the display cover 20c rotates from the first position to the second position in conjunction with the operation. When the lid 12a opened on the right side of the case 12 is closed, the display cover 20c rotates from the second position to the first position in conjunction with the operation. When the lid portion 12a is opened on the left side of the case 12, and when the lid portion 12a opened on the left side of the case 12 is closed, the display cover 20c maintains the first position without being interlocked with the operation. In the present embodiment, the movement of the display cover 20c is a rotary type, but it may be a slide type.

  The case 12 is provided with a lid opening operation unit 30. The opening operation unit 30 includes a Japanese button 30a and an English button 30b (a plurality of pressing units). The Japanese button 30a is a button for opening the lid 12a on the left side of the case 12, and a Japanese character “open” is attached to the vicinity thereof. On the other hand, the English button 30b is a button for opening the lid 12a on the right side of the case 12, and an English letter “OPEN” is attached to the vicinity thereof.

  Therefore, when a person who understands Japanese well among these two languages becomes an operator of the AED 10, the operator can be prompted to press the Japanese button 30a. On the other hand, when a person who understands English well becomes an operator of the AED 10, the operator can be prompted to press the English button 30b.

  When the operator depresses the Japanese button 30a or the English button 30b, the lid 12a can be opened as shown in FIG. 2 (b) or (c). When the Japanese button 30a is pressed, the language of the voice guidance output after that can be set to Japanese ((b) in FIG. 2). At this time, the Japanese operation guidance information displayed on the Japanese display section 20a can be shown, and the English operation guidance information displayed on the English display section 20b can be hidden by the display cover 20c. On the other hand, when the English button 30b is pressed, the language of the voice guidance output thereafter can be set to English ((c) in FIG. 2). At this time, the English operation guidance information displayed on the English display section 20b can be shown, and the Japanese operation guidance information displayed on the Japanese display section 20a can be hidden by the display cover 20c.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining such a language switching control method. This control is executed by a control unit (not shown) inside the main body 11.

  First, in step S <b> 1, a button press on the lid opening operation unit 30 is detected. If a button press is detected (S1: YES), it is determined whether the lid 12a is open at the time the button is pressed (S2). If the lid 12a is not open when the button is pressed (S2: NO), it is determined which button is pressed (S3).

  When the lid 12a is opened to the left side by pressing the Japanese button 30a (S3: “Japanese”), Japanese is selected as the language of the voice guidance and operation guidance information, and the voice guidance is output in Japanese. And display the operation guidance information in Japanese (S4). When the lid 12a is opened to the right side by pressing the English button 30b (S3: “English”), English is selected as the language of the voice guidance and operation guidance information, and the voice guidance is output in English. Display operation guide information (S5). As a method for outputting voice guidance in each language, for example, voice guidance data in a selected language is read from a storage unit (not shown) in the main body 11, and voice guidance is reproduced according to the data and output from the speaker 11c.

  If the lid 12a is open when the button is pressed (S2: YES), since any language has already been selected when the lid 12a is opened, the voice guidance output in the selected language is performed. Continue (S6). Further, even if the button is pressed while the lid 12a is open, the lid 12a does not operate, so that the operation of the display cover 20c for switching the language of the operation guidance information does not occur. That is, in the present embodiment, the language switching of the voice guidance and the operation guidance information can be disabled while the lid 12a is open. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the language of the voice guidance and operation guidance information from being switched to an undesirable language for the operator by accidentally pressing the Japanese button 30a or the English button 30b while using the AED 10. can do.

  According to the present embodiment, the operation support system for the AED 10 includes the guide unit that selects the language of the operation guide for the AED 10 based on how to open the lid 12a. In the present embodiment, the guide unit is configured to select a language for voice guidance. That is, the guidance unit includes a speaker 11c serving as a voice guidance unit that outputs voice guidance, and a control unit (not shown) inside the main body 11 that selects the language of the voice guidance based on how to open the lid 12a. It is comprised from the combination of. With this configuration, the language of the voice guidance output when using the AED 10 can be determined based on how to open the lid 12a. Further, the language of the operation guide information displayed when the AED 10 is used is determined based on how the lid 12a is opened by the AED operation guide 20 as a display guide provided with the display cover 20c that operates in accordance with the open / closed state of the lid 12a. Can be determined. Therefore, after opening the lid 12a, another operation for selecting a language for the operation guidance is not required. Therefore, the use preparation work of AED10 can be simplified.

  In the present embodiment, the same number of opening operation units 30 as the number of languages prepared in advance are provided, and there is a language display corresponding to each button. Thereby, it is expected that the operator naturally presses the button of the language desired for himself. Therefore, a control unit (not shown) inside the main body 11 can appropriately determine the language of voice guidance desirable for the operator by detecting which button is pressed.

  In the present embodiment, Japanese and English are exemplified as the language of the voice guidance to be prepared, but languages other than those described above may be used.

  In the present embodiment, the lid 12a can be opened and closed in two left and right directions, but may be configured to be opened and closed in three upper and left and right directions as shown in FIG. By increasing variations in how to open the lid 12a, it is possible to increase the languages that can be handled. For example, by providing the lid 12a that can be opened and closed in three directions not only on the upper surface side but also on the lower surface side of the case 12, it is possible to support six languages.

  In this embodiment, the lid 12a is opened by pressing a button, but by using a member such as a push latch for the opening / closing mechanism of the lid 12a, the lid 12a itself is opened by pressing. You may make it perform a lid | cover. In this case, for example, when the right end of the lid 12a is pushed, the lid 12a opens to the left, when the left side of the lid 12a is pushed, the lid 12a opens to the right, and when the lower side of the lid 12a is pushed, the lid 12a is A configuration in which the pressing portion is provided on the lid portion 12a is possible. Further, the operation means of the lid opening operation unit 30 may not be a push button, but may be a member such as a slide type knob. That is, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which the lock of the lid portion 12a is released by sliding the knob, thereby opening the lid portion 12a.

  Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the above description is an illustration of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to this. Therefore, the above embodiment can be implemented with various modifications.

  For example, the above embodiment can be implemented in a defibrillator of a type different from the AED.

10 AED
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Main body 11a Pad part 11b Electric shock button 11c Speaker 11d Screen part 12 Case 12a Cover part 20 AED operation guide 20a Japanese display part 20b English display part 20c Display cover 20d Rotation part 30 Opening operation part 30a Japanese button 30b English button

Claims (5)

An operation support system for supporting the operation of a defibrillator having a main body, a case for housing the main body, and a lid portion provided on the case so as to be freely opened and closed,
An operation support system having a guide unit that selects a language of operation guidance of the defibrillator based on how to open the lid. The lid can be opened by operating any one of a plurality of operating means,
The guide unit selects the language according to which operation means is operated.
The operation support system according to claim 1. The lid portion can be opened in a plurality of directions with respect to the main body,
The guide unit selects the language according to which direction the lid is opened.
The operation support system according to claim 1. The guide unit performs control so that the language cannot be switched when the lid is open.
The operation support system according to any one of claims 1 to 3. A defibrillator having the operation support system according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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