JP2016063464A - Nurse call system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a nurse call's problem of incapability of distributing an apparatus abnormality notification in the case that a nurse call master apparatus has failed.SOLUTION: A controller, when having detected a failure of a nurse call master apparatus, performs an apparatus abnormality notification to another nurse call master apparatus; the controller itself notifies of an apparatus abnormality alarm, when the other nurse call master apparatus cannot perform apparatus abnormality notification.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a nurse call system that can accurately notify a user of a failure notification when a nurse call parent device fails.

  In the conventional nurse call system, when any device in the nurse call system breaks down and an abnormality occurs in the nurse call communication, a system that can perform a notification operation using the notification means of the nurse call parent device Has been proposed.

JP 2005-352875 A

  However, in the system of Patent Document 1, when the nurse call master itself fails, there is a problem that the notification means is lost and the notification cannot be performed.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and when a nurse call parent device fails, if there are a plurality of nurse call parent devices connected to the nurse call system, all non-failed devices are connected. A device abnormality alarm is sounded from the parent device speaker of the nurse call parent device, and when all nurse call parent devices have failed, an acoustic device provided in the control device sounds a device abnormality.
In addition, the present invention is normally configured by a plurality of units, and in a setting that does not accept nurse call calls from other units, when a nurse call master unit of another unit fails, A device abnormality alarm is sounded from the master speaker of the call master.
Further, according to the present invention, when an acoustic device provided in the control device sounds a device abnormality, a device abnormality notification mail is transmitted to a mail address set in advance by the control device.

According to the nurse call system of the present invention, when a master unit fails, another master unit can notify the failure, and even if communication with all the master units becomes impossible due to a line abnormality or the like, an alarm sound is generated from the control device. Thus, the occurrence of the failure can be accurately known.
In addition, it is possible to quickly notify the fact of a failure by sounding a device abnormality alarm only for a device of another unit that is operated independently at normal times.
In addition, since the urgency becomes high when all the master units fail, it is possible to quickly notify the user of the failure by notifying immediately by e-mail.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the nurse call system of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control device in the nurse call system of the present invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments to which a nurse call system of the invention is applied will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a nurse call system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and a nurse call handset 1 provided in a hospital room and having a call button 11 for a patient to call a nurse to make a call, and a nurse station A nurse call master device 2 installed by the nurse who responds to a call from a patient, a corridor lamp 4 installed at the entrance of a hospital room to notify the call of the nurse call slave device 1, and a nurse call slave device 1 And a control device 5 for controlling calling and calling of the nurse call parent device 2, and the nurse call parent device 2, the corridor lamp 4, and the control device 5 are respectively connected by a connection line L.

The nurse call master unit 2 acoustically notifies the call from the nurse call cordless handset 1 and the parent device display 21 of 20 inches or more that notifies the call from the nurse call cordless handset 1 with image information, and the operation of the nurse. Has a base unit call unit 22 for making a call.
As shown in FIG. 2, the control device 5 includes a control unit 51 that selects a nurse call parent device 2 that performs a call in response to a call from the nurse call child device 1, and a notification for failure of the nurse call parent device 2. The audio device 52 includes an amplifier, a speaker, and the like, and a storage unit 53 that stores a mail address to be described later.

  Next, calling and calling operations of the nurse call system configured as described above according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  In FIG. 1, when the call button 11 of the nurse call handset 1 is operated by a patient in a hospital room, the nurse call handset 1 transmits a call signal to the control device 5 via the corridor lamp 4 and the connection line L. To do. The control device 5 that has received the call signal identifies the location of the hospital room and bed in which the nurse call slave unit 1 is installed, recognizes that it is necessary to transmit the call signal to the nurse call parent unit 2, and A call signal is transmitted to the call base unit 2.

  The nurse call master device 2 that has received the call signal identifies the name of the patient who has called the nurse call slave device 1 from the position of the hospital room and bed where the device is installed, and displays the patient name on the parent device display 21 in an enlarged manner. At the same time, a ringing tone is emitted from the base phone call unit 22. The nurse in the nurse station recognizes the call from the ringing tone and the enlarged display on the master unit display 21 and performs a response operation (not described in detail) so that the call between the nurse call master unit 2 and the nurse call slave unit 1 can be made. To establish.

  When the nurse call parent device 2 is operating normally, the above operation is performed. However, when the nurse call parent device 2 fails, the operation is as follows.

  When the control unit 51 of the control device 5 transmits a call signal to the nurse call master unit 2, the control unit 51 detects that the nurse call master unit 2 is out of order because there is no response from the nurse call base unit 2. (Alternatively, the same operation is performed when an abnormality is detected by periodic diagnosis instead of at the time of calling). The control unit 51 that has detected the failure checks whether or not there is another nurse call parent device 2 in the system. If another nurse call parent device 2 exists, the control unit 51 determines whether the nurse call parent device 2 exists. Send a device abnormality alarm. When the other nurse call parent device 2 responds to the device abnormality alarm and notifies the device abnormality alarm, the nurse can recognize that there is a nurse call parent device 2 that is out of order.

  In addition, the control unit 51 that detects that there is no other nurse call master unit 2 in the system or that all other nurse call master units 2 cannot communicate due to a wiring abnormality or the like, uses the sound device 52 itself. By notifying the failure, the nurse can recognize that all the nurse call master units 2 are out of order.

  In addition, since the control apparatus 5 is generally installed in a place with few people or inside a locker, the sound of the acoustic device 52 may not be heard. In order to compensate for this, the control unit 51 reads the mail address of the person in charge of maintenance of the nurse call stored in advance in the storage unit 53, and mail indicating that the nurse call parent device 2 is out of order with respect to the mail address. Is connected to a mail server (not shown) via the control unit 51 and the connection line L, and mail is transmitted. Thereby, even when there is no person near the control device 5, it can be recognized that the nurse call parent device 2 is out of order.

  In the present embodiment, an example in which the nurse call master device has failed has been described, but it is of course also suitable for the nurse call master device to notify a device abnormality alarm when the nurse call slave device fails.

  Further, in this embodiment, the example in which the speaker of the acoustic device is built in the device is shown. However, if the speaker is connected by a dedicated wiring other than the connection line L, the same effect can be obtained even if it is not integrated with the control unit. Play.

1 Child machine (nurse call child machine)
2 Master unit (Nurse call master unit)
22 Base unit call unit 4 Corridor lamp 5 Control device 52 Sound device 53 Storage unit

Claims (2)

A nurse comprising a slave unit that makes a nurse call call, a plurality of master units that acoustically notify a call from the slave unit from a master unit call unit, and a control device that controls a communication path of the master unit and the slave unit In the call system, when any device in the nurse call system other than the nurse call parent device breaks down, the other parent device sounds a device abnormality alarm,
When any master unit fails when the base unit is equipped with a plurality of units, other master units that do not fail sound a device abnormality from the base unit call unit,
A nurse call system comprising an audio device for sounding a device abnormality alarm when all of the master units cannot sound a device abnormality. The nurse call system according to claim 1, wherein the control device includes a storage unit that stores a mail address for transmitting a device abnormality mail when the sound device rings.