JP2013248068A - Nurse call system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a medical worker from forgetting to visit a sickroom in response to calling from a patient, and to notify the patient that the medical worker is on the way to the sickroom where the patient is present, simultaneously.SOLUTION: When a calling operation part 3 is operated, calling is reported, and sound indicating that it is a first state is output from a speaker 4, speech communication is started when a responding operation part 14 is operated, the operation of a reporting part 13 is stopped and the output of the sound from the speaker 4 is stopped. Then, when responding is ended, the speech communication is ended, and sound indicating that it is a second state is output from the speaker 4. The sound is stopped by a restoration operation device 6. Thus, since the sound indicating the second state is output from the speaker 4 even when the responding is ended, the restoration operation device 6 needs to be operated in order to stop the sound, and a medical worker has to go to a sickroom.

Description

  The present invention relates to a nurse call system for calling a nurse or a caregiver in response to a request from a patient or a care recipient in a hospital or a care facility.

  Conventionally, a nurse call system has a nurse call cordless handset installed in the vicinity of a patient or a care recipient (hereinafter collectively referred to as a patient) (for example, in the vicinity of a bed) and a nurse or caregiver (hereinafter collectively). It is connected to the nurse call master unit installed in the staff room where the medical staff is resident (wired or wireless). In the nurse call system configured as described above, when the patient operates the call operation unit provided in the nurse call slave unit, the notification unit provided in the nurse call master unit operates, and the patient selects the medical staff. Can be called. The medical staff can respond by off-hooking the handset provided in the nurse call parent machine, and can talk with the patient.

  In such a nurse call system, it is common to install a corridor lamp between the nurse call slave and the nurse call master. The corridor lamp is attached to the wall surface on the corridor side near the entrance of a room such as a hospital room. The corridor lamp displays patient information such as the number of the attached room and the name of the patient who is hospitalized in the room. The corridor lamp is linked to the nurse call master unit. When the patient calls the nurse call slave unit by operating the call operation unit, the nurse call slave unit calls the nurse call master unit and the corridor lamp. To be notified. At this time, the corridor lamp informs that a call is being made in the hospital room where the corridor lamp is installed by lighting / flashing a lamp provided in the corridor lamp. Thereby, the medical worker etc. in a corridor can identify the hospital room where the patient who performed the call exists.

In addition to the above-described configuration, a portable terminal carried by a medical worker (for example, PHS (Personal
A nurse call system provided with a handy phone system) and a PBX (Private Branch Exchange) is also provided. When a call is made by the nurse call slave, the mobile terminal rings and vibrates to notify. The medical staff can respond by operating the mobile terminal and can make a call with the patient.

  By the way, if the nurse call master unit's handset or portable terminal responds to a call from the nurse call slave unit, the notification by the nurse call master unit or portable terminal stops, and the corridor lamp goes off. There is a nurse call system that is in a state where a response to a call is completed (so-called recovery state). However, in such a nurse call system, since a medical worker responds to a call from the nurse call slave by simply answering with the handset or portable terminal of the nurse call parent device, the medical worker stops the patient. In spite of the necessity of going to the hospital room where the patient is present and performing nursing, there is a problem that a medical worker forgets to go to the patient room where the patient is present.

  In order to solve such a problem, a nurse call system in which a restoration button is provided on a corridor lamp and the system is restored by operating the restoration button is known (for example, Patent Document 1). There is also known a nurse call system in which a recovery operation unit is provided in a nurse call slave and the system is restored by operating the recovery operation unit (for example, Patent Document 2). Here, the recovery button and the recovery operation unit have the same function, and hereinafter, these will be collectively referred to as a recovery operation unit.

  By the way, a technique is known in which a call confirmation sound is output by the nurse call slave unit from when the call operation unit of the nurse call slave unit is operated until a response is made by the nurse call master unit or the portable terminal. . This can notify the patient that a call is being made.

  However, in the above-described prior art, when the medical worker responds with the handset or the portable terminal of the nurse call master unit, the output of the call confirmation sound is stopped. There was a problem that medical staff were worried about whether they would come to their hospital room.

JP 2003-37679 A JP 2009-77387 A

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and in response to a call from a nurse call cordless handset, a medical worker does not forget to visit a hospital room, It is an object of the present invention to be able to simultaneously realize notifying the patient that the worker is in the middle of going to the patient room.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, in the present invention, a call operation unit for a patient to call a medical worker, a first state where the call is being performed, and a medical worker who is responding to the call is performed. The nurse call cordless handset is equipped with a speaker that notifies the patient of the second state that is in the middle of the patient's hospital room, and when the call operation unit is operated, the patient calls the medical staff. The nurse call parent device performs notification indicating that the device is in the first state, and outputs a sound indicating that the device is in the first state from the speaker. In this state, when a response operation is performed by the nurse call master unit, a call is started between the nurse call master unit and the nurse call slave unit, and notification and voice output from the speaker are stopped. I have to. Then, when an operation for terminating the response is performed by the nurse call master unit, the call between the nurse call master unit and the nurse call slave unit is terminated, and a voice indicating that the second state is in the speaker 4 is output. In addition, a recovery operation device for stopping notification of the second state is installed in the hospital room.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, even when an operation to end the response is performed by the nurse call master unit, the voice indicating the second state is output from the speaker of the nurse call slave unit. In order to stop the operation, it is necessary to operate the recovery operation device installed in the hospital room, so that the medical staff must go to the hospital room. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the medical staff from forgetting to visit the hospital room in response to a call from the nurse call cordless handset. In addition, when a response operation is performed by the nurse call master unit, even if the sound indicating the first state is not output from the speaker, if the response end operation is performed, the sound indicating the second state Is output from the speaker, so that the patient can be notified that the medical worker is in the process of going to the patient's room.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the nurse call system by this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of operation | movement of the nurse call system by this embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a nurse call system according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the nurse call system according to the present embodiment is installed in the vicinity of a bed in a hospital room where a patient is present, and a nurse call slave 1 for a patient to perform a call operation, and a staff stationed by medical personnel It is installed in a room (for example, a nurse station) and includes a nurse call parent device 10 for notifying a call.

  Here, the nurse call handset 1 includes a handset controller 2, a call operation section 3, a speaker 4, a handset interface 5, and a recovery operation device 6. The nurse call parent device 10 includes a parent device control unit 11, an interface 12, a notification unit 13, and a response operation unit 14. Further, a corridor lamp (not shown) is installed between the nurse call slave unit 1 and the nurse call master unit 10. Further, a call can be made between the nurse call slave unit 1 and the nurse call master unit 10.

  Here, the corridor lamp is attached to the wall surface on the corridor side near the entrance of a room such as a hospital room. The corridor lamp displays patient information such as the number of the attached room and the name of the patient who is hospitalized in the room. The corridor lamp is linked to the nurse call slave unit 1 and the nurse call master unit 10. When the patient operates the call operation unit 3 of the nurse call slave unit 1, the nurse call slave unit 1 Notify the call to the hallway light. At this time, the corridor lamp informs that a call is being made in the hospital room where the corridor lamp is installed by lighting / flashing a built-in lamp or the like. Thereby, the medical worker etc. who are in a corridor can identify the hospital room where the calling patient and the medical worker are.

First, the components of the nurse call handset 1 will be described. The subunit | mobile_unit control part 2 is for controlling each component of the nurse call subunit | mobile_unit 1 so that it may mention later, and is comprised by CPU (Central Processing Unit) etc. The call operation unit 3 is for operation when a patient calls a medical worker, and includes a button and the like. Here, the call operation unit 3 is provided in a portable housing so that it can be used by the patient.
The casing is provided with a cord, and a plug is provided at the tip of the cord. This plug is connected to an outlet provided in a wall unit installed on the wall surface near the bed. Therefore, the casing of the nurse call slave 1 can be moved in the vicinity of the bed.

  The speaker 4 is attached to the case or the wall unit of the nurse call cordless handset 1, the first state indicating the state where the call is being performed, and the medical worker responds to the call, A second state indicating a state in which the medical worker is in the process of heading toward the patient's room is output by voice. Here, as the voice indicating the first state and the voice indicating the second state, an alarm, a melody, a voice synthesis voice, a voice of a person, or the like is used. In this case, it is necessary to make the sound indicating the first state different from the sound indicating the second state.

  The slave unit interface 5 is connected to the interface 12 of the nurse call master unit 10, and electrically connects the nurse call slave unit 1 and the nurse call master unit 10. The recovery operation device 6 is installed in the wall unit of the nurse call slave unit 1 and is operated when the output of the sound indicating the second state output from the speaker 4 is stopped.

  Next, components of the nurse call parent device 10 will be described. The base unit control unit 11 is for controlling each component of the nurse call base unit 10 as will be described later, and includes a CPU and the like. The interface 12 is connected to the slave unit interface 5 of the nurse call slave unit 1 and electrically connects the nurse call master unit 10 and the nurse call slave unit 1. Here, communication between the nurse call parent device 10 and the nurse call child device 1 is performed by wire or wireless.

  The notification unit 13 includes at least one device such as a sound output device such as a speaker, a display device such as a display, and a lighting device such as a lamp. Moreover, the alerting | reporting part 13 alert | reports that the patient is calling the medical worker. Here, when the interface 12 receives a call signal from the nurse call slave device 1, the parent device control unit 11 operates the notification unit 13. At this time, the base unit control unit 11 outputs a notification sound from the speaker so that the nurse call handset 1 that has been called can be identified based on the handset identification information included in the input call signal. Or the display display shows that the call is being made, the name of the patient who made the call, etc., and the lamp blinks.

  The response operation unit 14 includes a handset, a pedestal, a hook switch, and the like. When the handset constituting the response operation unit 14 is picked up from the pedestal, the hook switch operates to be off-hook, and the handset is returned to the pedestal. As a result, the hook switch operates and goes on-hook.

  In the nurse call system configured as described above, when the patient wants to call a medical worker, the patient operates the call operation unit 3. Then, the subunit | mobile_unit control part 2 produces | generates a calling signal. On the other hand, the handset controller 2 continuously outputs a sound indicating that the calling is in the first state from the speaker 4. The patient who hears this voice can grasp that he / she has called. Here, the call signal includes slave unit identification information for identifying the nurse call slave unit 1 from other nurse call slave units 1. In addition, information such as a bed number is used as the slave unit identification information. Further, the slave unit interface 5 outputs the call signal generated by the slave unit control unit 2 to the nurse call master unit 10.

  In the nurse call parent device 10, the interface 12 inputs a call signal from the nurse call child device 1. Then, base unit control unit 11 operates notification unit 13. Thus, in a state where the notification unit 13 is operating, the medical staff operates the response operation unit 14 in order to respond to the call from the patient (that is, off-hook the handset). The base unit control unit 11 stops the operation of the notification unit 13. In addition, the parent device control unit 11 starts a call between the nurse call parent device 10 and the nurse call child device 1. In the nurse call slave unit 1, when a call is started with the nurse call master unit 10, the slave unit control unit 2 stops outputting the voice indicating the first state output from the speaker 4.

  In this state, a conversation is performed between the medical staff and the patient, and when this conversation ends, the medical staff ends the operation of the response operation unit 14 (that is, on-hooks the handset). At this time, the base unit control unit 11 keeps the operation of the notification unit 13 stopped. On the other hand, in the nurse call handset 1, when the call with the nurse call base unit 10 is finished, the handset control unit 2 responds to the call by the medical staff, and the medical staff is in the hospital room where the patient is located. A sound indicating that the second state is in the middle of going to the speaker 4 is continuously output from the speaker 4. The patient who hears this voice can grasp that the medical worker is heading to the hospital room where he / she is in response to his / her call.

  In addition, the medical worker who has finished the operation of the response operation unit 14 understands that the voice indicating the second state continues to be output from the speaker 4 of the nurse call handset 1 of the calling patient. Therefore, I will hurry to the hospital room where the patient is.

  A medical worker who has arrived in the hospital room operates the recovery operation device 6 installed in the wall unit of the nurse call handset 1. Then, the subunit | mobile_unit control part 2 stops the output of the audio | voice which shows the 2nd state output from the speaker 4. FIG.

  To summarize the above-described operations, as shown in FIG. 2, when the call operation unit 3 of the nurse call slave unit 1 is operated, the notification unit 13 of the nurse call master unit 10 and the speaker 4 of the nurse call slave unit 1 operate. (Continue to output audio indicating the first state). At this time, no call is made between the nurse call parent device 10 and the nurse call child device 1. In this state, when the response operation unit 14 of the nurse call parent device 10 is operated, the notification unit 13 and the speaker 4 stop operating. At this time, a call is performed between the nurse call parent device 10 and the nurse call child device 1.

  When the operation of the response operation unit 14 ends in this state, the notification unit 13 remains stopped and the speaker 4 operates (continues to output sound indicating the second state). At this time, a call is not performed between the nurse call parent device 10 and the nurse call child device 1. In this state, when the recovery operation device 6 of the nurse call slave device 1 is operated, the notification unit 13 and the speaker 4 stop operating.

  As described above in detail, according to the present embodiment, the call operation unit 3 for the patient to call the medical worker, the first state where the call is being performed, and the response to the call is performed and the medical worker is engaged. The nurse call handset 1 is provided with a speaker 4 for notifying the second state in which the person is heading to the patient room where the patient is located, and the call operation unit 3 is operated. The notification indicating that the worker is being called is performed by the notification unit 13 of the nurse call parent device 10, and the sound indicating the first state is output from the speaker 4. In this state, when the response operation unit 14 of the nurse call parent device 10 is operated, a call is started between the nurse call parent device 10 and the nurse call child device 1, and the operation of the notification unit 13 is stopped. The output of sound from the speaker 4 is stopped. Then, when the operation of the response operation unit 14 is finished, the call between the nurse call parent device 10 and the nurse call slave device 1 is finished, and a sound indicating that the state is the second state is output from the speaker 4. Like to do. Moreover, the recovery operation device 6 for stopping the notification of the second state is provided in the nurse call slave unit 1.

  As a result, even when the operation of the response operation unit 14 is finished, the voice indicating the second state is output from the speaker 4 of the nurse call slave unit 1. To stop this, the nurse call slave unit 1 Since it is necessary to operate the recovery operation device 6 installed in the hospital, the medical staff must go to the hospital room. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a medical worker from forgetting to visit a hospital room in response to a call from the nurse call handset 1. In addition, when the response operation unit 14 is operated, even if the sound indicating the first state is not output from the speaker 4, the sound indicating the second state is output when the operation of the response operation unit 14 ends. Therefore, it is possible to notify the patient that the medical staff is in the middle of going to the patient room where the patient is.

  In addition, when a conversation is performed between a medical worker and a patient via the nurse call parent device 10 and the nurse call child device 1, no sound is output from the speaker 4 of the nurse call child device 1. Therefore, the sound output from the speaker 4 does not disturb the conversation.

  In addition, in embodiment mentioned above, although the recovery operation apparatus 6 is installed in the nurse call subunit | mobile_unit 1, it is not limited to this. For example, the recovery operation device 6 may be installed at an arbitrary place in a hospital room or installed in a hallway light. That is, the recovery operation device 6 may be installed in any place as long as it is assumed that the medical staff has gone to the hospital room.

  In the embodiment described above, the nurse call parent device 10 is a fixed type installed in a staff room, but is not limited thereto. For example, the nurse call parent device 10 may be configured by a portable terminal carried by a medical worker.

  In addition, the said embodiment is only what showed the example in implementation in implementing this invention, and, as a result, the technical scope of this invention should not be interpreted limitedly. In other words, the present invention can be implemented in various forms without departing from the spirit or main features thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Nurse call cordless handset 2 cordless handset control part 3 Calling operation part 4 Speaker 5 cordless handset interface 6 Restoration operation device 10 Nurse call parent machine 11 Parent machine control part 12 Interface 13 Notification part 14 Response operation part

Claims (1)

It is installed in a patient room where the patient is located, the call operation unit for the patient to call the health care worker, the first state where the call is being made, and the health care worker who is responding by the health care worker And a speaker for notifying the second state that is in the middle of going to the patient room where the patient is located, and generating and outputting a call signal when the call operation unit is operated, and the speaker Operate to output sound indicating the first state, stop the output of the sound when a call is started, and operate the speaker to stop the sound when the call is ended and output the sound indicating the second state A nurse call cordless handset having a cordless handset control unit for outputting and stopping the output of the voice when recovery is performed;
A recovery operation device that is installed in the vicinity of the nurse call slave unit or the nurse call slave unit and transmits the operation to the nurse call slave unit by being operated;
A notification unit that notifies that the patient is calling a medical worker, a response operation unit that is operated to respond to the notification by the notification unit, and the call signal that is output from the nurse call cordless handset When the response operation unit is operated in this state, the communication unit starts a call with the nurse call cordless handset and stops the operation of the notification unit. A nurse call parent device having a parent device control unit for terminating a call with the nurse call child device when the operation of the response operation unit is terminated in a state;
Nurse call system characterized by comprising.

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