JP5751586B2 - Nurse call system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a nurse call system that calls a medical worker in response to a request from a patient in a hospital or the like.

  Nurse call systems installed in hospitals and welfare facilities include a nurse call master unit installed in a nurse station, a corridor lamp installed near the entrance of a hospital room and connected to the nurse call master unit, It is provided with a wall unit installed on a wall surface in the room and connected to a corridor lamp, and a nurse call slave connected to the wall unit and used by a patient.

  The wall unit has an outlet on its surface, and by attaching a plug provided at the end of the cord of the nurse call slave unit to the outlet, the patient calls the nurse call master unit by the nurse call slave unit Can do. Here, the nurse call master unit performs notification when receiving a call from the nurse call slave unit. Moreover, the plug of the nurse call cordless handset is detachable from the wall unit outlet.

  Examples of such nurse call slaves include a grip push button and a hand slave. Here, the grip push button is provided with a call operation unit constituted by a call button, is only for calling, and does not have a call function. In addition to the call operation unit configured by a call button, the hand slave unit has a built-in microphone and speaker, and the hand slave unit itself has a call function.

  By the way, in the nurse call system, the nurse call slave unit's plug is dropped from the wall unit outlet, or the cord provided between the nurse call slave unit's main body and the plug is disconnected. A technique is known in which a wall unit makes a drop-off call when an abnormality occurs (for example, Patent Document 1).

  In the technique described in Patent Document 1, when the nurse call slave unit plug is removed from the wall unit outlet while pressing the recovery button, which is a drop-off holding operation unit provided in the wall unit, the nurse call master unit becomes the nurse call slave unit. Is not notified that the device has dropped out of the outlet. Accordingly, when the nurse call slave unit is not used, the nurse call slave unit plug can be removed from the wall unit outlet without notification. Here, as a case where the plug of the nurse call slave unit is removed from the outlet of the wall unit, there are a case where the nurse call slave unit is replaced or a nurse call slave unit which is not used is removed.

  In addition, the technique described in Patent Document 1 describes that the wall unit returns to a state where a drop call is made again by connecting a plug of a nurse call slave unit to the wall unit outlet. Thereby, the hold of the dropped call can be released simply by connecting the plug of the replaced nurse call slave unit or the plug of the nurse call slave unit to be used again to the outlet of the wall unit.

  By the way, when the cord provided between the main body of the nurse call slave unit and the plug is disconnected, the nurse call slave unit is not repaired or replaced with a nurse call slave unit whose cord is not disconnected. As long as the nurse call parent machine, the notification does not stop. Also, if the nurse call slave unit plug is unintentionally disconnected from the wall unit outlet, the nurse call master unit will stop reporting unless the nurse call slave unit plug is reconnected to the wall unit outlet. Absent.

  However, when the medical staff is busy, it is not possible to go to the hospital room where the wall unit is installed, the notification is stopped by operating the drop-off hold operation unit, and the drop-off hold operation unit is operated Therefore, there is a problem that the call cannot be suspended by removing the plug of the nurse call slave unit from the wall unit outlet and putting the drop call on hold, or reconnecting the nurse call slave unit plug to the wall unit outlet. It was. In order to solve such a problem, a technique is known in which a drop call is put on hold by operating a drop hold button provided on a nurse call master (for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2008-42459 A JP 2007-96558 A

  However, unlike the technique described in Patent Document 1 in which a drop call is put on hold in order to replace a nurse call child machine or remove a nurse call child machine that is not used, the technique described in Patent Document 2 uses the code of the nurse call child machine. Is disconnected, or the nurse call cord plug is unintentionally disconnected from the wall unit outlet, so if the alert by the nurse call master phone stops, the nurse call cord plug is intended. There was a problem that the medical staff forgot that it was disconnected from the outlet of the wall unit without it, and that the cord of the nurse call cord was disconnected.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and a call to be dropped when the plug of the nurse call slave unit is disconnected from the outlet of the wall unit or the cord of the nurse call slave unit is disconnected. When the health care worker intentionally removes the nurse call cord plug from the wall unit outlet when placing a call on hold, the nurse call cord plug is unintentionally plugged into the wall unit outlet. Clearly distinguishes the hold-off call hold from the case where the nurse call cord is disconnected, the nurse call cord plug was unintentionally disconnected from the wall unit outlet, The purpose is to prevent medical personnel from forgetting that the cord of the nurse call cordless handset is disconnected.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, according to the present invention, when the nurse call slave unit is disconnected from the wall unit outlet or the nurse call cord is disconnected, the nurse call parent is notified of the drop call. In the nurse call system to be performed on the machine, the wall unit has a first drop call hold operation section for holding the drop call and releasing the hold, and a second drop call hold operation for holding the drop call Is provided in the nurse call master unit, and only when the second drop call hold operation unit is operated, the drop call hold is released when the time measured by the timer reaches a predetermined time.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, when a drop call is suspended by the first drop call hold operation unit provided in the wall unit, the drop call hold is released by the first drop call hold operation unit. In this case, it is considered that the health care worker intentionally removed the nurse call cord plug from the wall unit outlet. On the other hand, if the drop call is suspended by the second drop call hold operation unit provided in the nurse call master unit, the drop call hold is released when the time measured by the timer reaches a predetermined time, In this case, if the health care worker unintentionally unplugs the nurse call handset from the wall unit outlet or the nurse call handset cord is disconnected, the health care worker temporarily calls for dropout. This is considered to be the second case put on hold. Therefore, the first case and the second case can be clearly distinguished. In the second case, the medical staff can not forget that the dropping call is pending.

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 state which connected the nurse call subunit | mobile_unit to the wall unit 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. Moreover, FIG. 2 is a figure which shows the connection state of the wall unit 1 and the nurse call subunit | mobile_unit of the nurse call system by this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the nurse call system according to the present embodiment includes a wall unit 1 installed on a wall surface in the vicinity of each bed in a hospital room, and a nurse station where medical personnel are resident. And a nurse call parent device 10 for responding to calls from.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 2, a plug is provided at the tip of the cord provided in the nurse call slave unit, and the plug is detachable from the outlet 3 provided in the wall unit 1 (see FIG. 2). 2 (A), (B)). Further, the wall unit 1 and the nurse call parent device 10 are connected by wire or wireless. The nurse call cordless handset is provided with a call button that is operated when the patient calls the medical staff. As shown in FIG. 2A, when the call button of the nurse call slave unit is operated in a state where the plug of the nurse call slave unit 1 is connected to the outlet 3 of the wall unit 1, the nurse call slave unit A call signal is generated and output to the wall unit 1. This call signal includes slave unit identification information (for example, a bed number) for identifying the nurse call slave unit from other nurse call slave units.

The nurse call system according to the present embodiment is installed between the wall unit 1 and the nurse call master unit 10 as another standard component, and displays that a call has been made by the nurse call slave unit. Displays that the plug of the nurse call cordless handset has been disconnected from the outlet 3 of the wall unit 1, indicates that the cord of the nurse call cordless cord has been disconnected, and displays the name of the patient in the patient's room. A hallway lamp (not shown) is provided. Further, between the wall unit 1 and the nurse call parent device 10, a controller (not shown) that performs control related to a call and data transmission / reception between the nurse call child device and the nurse call parent device 10 is connected. In addition, a handicap squander (not shown) installed in a communication center in a hospital, a private branch exchange (PBX), a public network (not shown), and a wireless unit (not shown) can be carried by medical personnel. PHS (Personal
Handy-phone System) can answer a call from a nurse call slave unit instead of the nurse call master unit 10.

  First, the wall unit 1 will be described. The wall unit 1 includes a control unit 2, an outlet 3, a first drop call hold operation unit 4, and an interface 5. The control unit 2 is for controlling each component of the wall unit 1 as described later, and is configured by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or the like. The outlet 3 is for detachably connecting a plug provided at the end of the cord of the nurse call slave. As shown in FIG. 2 (B), the plug of the nurse call slave unit is disconnected from the outlet 3 of the wall unit 1, or as shown in FIG. 2 (A), the plug of the nurse call slave unit is connected to the outlet 3 of the wall unit 1. Even if the cord is disconnected, the control unit 2 detects that the plug is disconnected from the outlet 3 or the cord is disconnected, and generates a drop call signal. Here, the drop call signal includes wall unit identification information (for example, a bed number) for identifying the wall unit 11 from other wall units 1.

  The first drop call hold operation unit 4 is operated to hold the generation of the drop call signal by the control unit 2 and to release the hold. As shown in FIG. 2, the first drop call hold operation unit 4 includes buttons and the like. When the first drop call hold operation unit 4 is operated, the control unit 2 does not generate a drop call signal even if it detects that the plug is disconnected from the outlet 3 or the cord is disconnected (dropped). Call on hold). When the first drop call hold operation unit 4 is operated again, the control unit 2 generates a drop call signal when detecting that the plug is disconnected from the outlet 3 or the cord is disconnected. (Release call drop hold).

  The interface 5 is for connecting the wall unit 1 and the nurse call parent device 10 for communication. Here, the interface 5 outputs the dropped call signal generated by the control unit 2 to the nurse call parent device 10. Here, when the plug of the nurse call slave unit is connected to the outlet 3, and the call button is operated, the interface 5 outputs the call signal input from the nurse call slave unit to the nurse call master unit 10.

  Next, the nurse call parent device 10 will be described. The nurse call base unit 10 includes a base unit control unit 11, a base unit interface 12, a notification unit 13, a notification control unit 14, a second dropped call hold operation unit 15, and a timer 16. 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 base unit interface 12 is for connecting the nurse call base unit 10 and the wall unit 1 for communication. Here, the base unit interface 12 inputs the drop call signal output from the wall unit 1. In addition, when the plug of the nurse call slave unit is connected to the outlet 3 of the wall unit 1 and the call button is operated, the master unit interface 12 inputs the call signal output from the interface 5.

  The notification unit 13 notifies that a call has been made by the nurse call slave, or that the nurse call slave has been disconnected from the outlet 3 of the wall unit 1 or that the nurse call slave has been disconnected. This is made up of a speaker, a display device, a lamp, and the like. Here, a notification indicating that a call has been made by the nurse call slave unit, and that the plug of the nurse call slave unit has been disconnected from the outlet 3 of the wall unit 1 or that the cord of the nurse call slave unit has been disconnected. It is preferable that the notification can be distinguished by making the pattern different.

  The notification control unit 14 is for controlling notification by the notification unit 13, and is configured by a CPU or the like. Here, the CPU configuring the notification control unit 14 and the CPU configuring the parent device control unit 11 may be shared. The second drop call hold operation unit 15 includes buttons and the like, and holds the operation of the notification unit 13 by the notification control unit 14 when the base unit interface 12 inputs a drop call signal or holds the hold. It is operated to release. The timer 16 is for measuring time.

  Here, the second drop call hold operation unit 15 specifies the wall unit 1 that puts the operation of the notification unit 13 by the notification control unit 14 on hold by the wall unit identification information included in the drop call signal. Thereby, only operation | movement of the alerting | reporting part 13 by the drop call signal from the specific wall unit 1 can be put on hold.

  When the second drop call hold operation unit 15 is operated, the base unit control unit 11 operates the timer 16 and stops the operation of the notification control unit 14. When the operation of the notification control unit 14 is stopped, the notification control unit 14 does not operate the notification unit 13 even if the master unit interface 12 inputs a drop call signal (holding off the drop call). In addition, when the second drop call hold operation unit 15 is operated again in this state, the base unit control unit 11 cancels the stop of the operation of the notification control unit 14, and the base unit interface 12 inputs the drop call signal. Then, the notification control unit 14 operates the notification unit 13 (cancellation of dropping call hold).

  If the second drop call hold operation unit 15 is not operated until the time measured by the timer 16 reaches a predetermined time in a state where the drop call is held, the parent device control unit 11 When the stop of the operation of 14 is released and the base unit interface 12 inputs a drop call signal, the notification control unit 14 operates the notification unit 13 (release of drop call hold). When the base unit interface 12 receives a call signal, the base unit control unit 11 operates the notification control unit 14, the notification control unit 14 operates the notification unit 13, and the notification unit 13 performs notification. .

  In such a case, the base unit control unit 11 can identify the nurse call handset that has made a call based on the handset identification information included in the call signal, and can be dropped based on the wall unit identification information included in the drop call signal. Nurse call cordless handset can be identified. In addition, the predetermined time is a time for temporarily holding the drop-off call, and is a time (for example, about 30 minutes) that the medical staff may have forgotten about the drop-off call. It is preferable.

  As described above in detail, according to the present embodiment, when the plug of the nurse call slave unit is disconnected from the outlet 3 of the wall unit 1 or the cord of the nurse call slave unit is disconnected, the notification by the dropped call is made. In the nurse call system to be performed by the notification unit 13 of the nurse call parent device 10, the wall unit 1 is provided with the first drop call hold operation unit 3 for holding the drop call and releasing the hold, and holding the drop call And a time when the timer 16 measures only when the second drop call hold operation unit 15 is provided in the nurse call parent device 10 to release the hold and the second drop call hold operation unit 15 is operated. When the predetermined time elapses, the base unit control unit 11 controls the notification control unit 14 to release the suspension of the dropped call.

  As a result, when the dropped call is suspended by the first dropped call hold operating unit 4 provided in the wall unit 1, the first dropped call hold operating unit 4 is operated again to release the dropped call hold. In this case, it is considered that this is the first case where a medical worker intentionally removes the plug of the nurse call cordless handset from the outlet 3 of the wall unit 1. On the other hand, when a drop call is held by the second drop call hold operation unit 15 provided in the nurse call base unit 10, the drop call hold is released when the time measured by the timer 16 reaches a predetermined time. However, in this case, if the medical worker unintentionally unplugs the nurse call handset from the outlet 3 of the wall unit 1 or the nurse call handset cord is disconnected, This is considered to be the second case where the dropout call was put on hold. Therefore, the first case and the second case can be clearly distinguished. Further, in the second case, the drop call hold is automatically released after a predetermined time has elapsed, so that the medical staff can not forget that the drop call is held.

  In the present embodiment, the drop call hold is canceled by operating the second drop call hold operation unit 15 again, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the second drop call hold operation unit 15 may be operated only when holding the drop call. This is because when the predetermined time elapses, the drop call hold is automatically released.

  In this embodiment, the nurse call handset is provided with a call button, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a nurse call slave that detects a patient's condition and generates a call signal may be connected to the outlet 3 of the wall unit 1.

  In this embodiment, when the first drop call hold operation unit 4 is operated to place the drop call on hold, the drop call is canceled unless the first drop call hold operation unit 4 is operated again. However, it is not limited to this. For example, when the first drop call hold operation unit 4 is operated and the drop call is put on hold, when the nurse call handset plug is connected to the outlet 3 of the wall unit 1, the control unit 2 is dropped. The call hold may be automatically canceled.

  In the present embodiment, the first drop call hold operation unit 4 is provided inside the wall unit 1, and the second drop call hold operation unit 15 is provided inside the nurse call parent device 10. However, it is not limited to this. For example, the first drop call holding operation unit 4 may be installed independently in the vicinity of the wall unit 1, or the second drop call holding operation unit 15 may be provided in the vicinity of the nurse call parent device 10. May be installed.

  In the present embodiment, the first drop call hold operation unit 4 and the second drop call hold operation unit 15 are configured by buttons, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, at least one of the first drop call hold operation unit 4 and the second drop call hold operation unit 15 may be configured by other operation means such as a slide switch.

  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 Wall unit 2 Control part 3 Outlet 4 First drop call holding operation part 5 Interface 10 Nurse call parent machine 11 Parent machine control part 12 Parent machine interface 13 Notification part 14 Notification control part 15 Second drop call hold operation part 16 timer

Claims (1)

An outlet for detachably connecting a plug provided at the tip of a cord of a nurse call cord used by a patient to call a medical worker, and that the plug is disconnected from the outlet or the cord is disconnected. A control unit that detects and generates a dropped call signal; a suspension of generation of the dropped call signal by the control unit; a first dropped call hold operation unit that is operated to release the hold; and the control unit A wall unit having an interface for outputting the generated drop call signal;
A timer for measuring time; a master unit interface for inputting the drop call signal; a notification unit for notifying that the plug is disconnected from the outlet or the cord is disconnected; and the master unit interface is configured for the drop call. A notification control unit that operates the notification unit when a signal is input, a second drop call hold operation unit that is operated so as not to operate the notification control unit, and the second drop call hold operation Master control that operates the timer and the notification control unit when the unit is operated, and operates the notification control unit when the time measured by the timer reaches a predetermined time A nurse call master unit having a part,
Nurse call system with.

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