JP5892652B2 - Nurse call system - Google Patents

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, in the nurse call system, a nurse call cordless handset installed near a patient or a care recipient (hereinafter collectively referred to as a patient) (for example, near 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.

  In the nurse call system described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, when a medical worker responds with the handset or the portable terminal of the nurse call master unit, the notification by the nurse call master unit or the portable terminal stops. The nurse call system is not restored until the operation of the restoration operation unit provided in the vicinity of the corridor lamp or the nurse call cordless handset. Therefore, a medical worker who responds with a handset or a portable terminal of a nurse call master unit has to meet both the purpose of operating the recovery operation unit and the purpose of nursing the patient who has called the patient's hospital room. It will be to go to. Therefore, there are fewer cases where the medical staff who answers the call forgets to go to the patient's room.

  By the way, in a normal call for a patient to call a medical worker, not only the case where the medical worker has to go to the patient's room, but the medical worker just listens to the patient's story and the task ends Cases also exist. For this reason, in a nurse call system where a health care worker is placed in a restoration state by operating a restoration operation unit installed near the bed or a restoration operation unit installed in a corridor lamp, the healthcare worker talks with the patient. Even when the application is finished, there is a problem that the medical worker has to go to the hospital room and operate the recovery operation unit, which places a burden on the medical worker.

  On the other hand, when a health care worker is already near the patient and the patient's condition suddenly changes, the health care worker near the patient calls a nurse to call for support from other health care workers. Calls were sometimes made by call slaves. In this case, if another medical worker responds to the call from the nurse call slave unit with the handset or portable terminal of the nurse call master unit, the notification by the nurse call master unit or portable terminal stops and recovers. In the nurse call system that becomes a state, because the health care worker responds with the handset or mobile terminal of the nurse call parent machine, the notification stops, so there is a problem that the medical worker forgets to go to support there were.

JP 2003-37679 A JP 2009-77387 A

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and reduces the burden on the medical staff for calls from the nurse call cordless handset, The purpose is to make it possible to achieve a proper balance between not forgetting.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, in the present invention, the nurse call cordless handset is provided with a call operation unit for a patient to call a medical worker and a staff call operation unit for a medical worker to call another medical worker. When the call operation unit is operated, a notification indicating that the patient is calling the medical staff and a notification indicating that the medical staff has not finished handling the patient are nursed. The call is performed by the parent machine. In this state, when a response operation is performed by the nurse call master unit, or when a recovery operation device installed near the nurse call slave unit is operated, the notification and notification are stopped. Yes. On the other hand, when the staff call operation unit is operated, the notification indicating that the medical worker is calling another medical worker and the response by the medical worker to the patient are not completed. The nurse call master unit is notified of this. In this state, when a response operation is performed by the nurse call master, only notification is stopped, and notification and notification are stopped when the recovery operation device is operated.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, when a patient calls a medical worker, only a response operation is performed at the nurse call parent machine, not only the notification, but also the medical worker to the patient. Since the notification indicating that the response has not ended is stopped, in the case where the medical service is completed simply by listening to the patient's story, the medical worker has a recovery operation device installed. No need to go to the hospital room. On the other hand, when a health care worker calls another health care worker, even if a response operation is performed at the nurse call master unit, only the notification is stopped and the recovery operation device is not operated. Since the notification indicating that the response to the patient has not been completed is not stopped, the medical worker needs to go to the hospital room to operate the recovery operation device. As a result, it is possible to achieve a proper balance between reducing the burden on the medical staff and making sure that the medical staff does not forget to handle the call from the nurse call cordless handset.

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 the vicinity of the nurse call slave 1 And a nurse call master 10 installed in a staff room (for example, a nurse station) where medical personnel are resident and for notifying a call.

  Here, the nurse call slave unit 1 includes a slave unit control unit 2, a call operation unit 3, a staff call operation unit 4, and a slave unit interface 5. The nurse call parent device 10 includes a parent device control unit 11, an interface 12, a notification unit 13, a notification unit 14, and a response operation unit 15. Further, a corridor lamp (not shown) is installed 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. Moreover, the corridor lamp is interlocked with the nurse call slave unit 1 and the nurse call master unit 10, and when the patient calls the call operation unit 3 or the staff call operation unit 4 of the nurse call slave unit 1, The nurse call handset 1 notifies the corridor lamp of the call. 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.

  At this time, in order to distinguish between the case where the call operation unit 3 of the nurse call cordless handset 1 is operated and the case where the staff call operation unit 4 is operated, the corridor lamp has a lighting / flashing pattern of the lamps by both operations. It is preferable to make them different. Further, the recovery operation device 6 of the present embodiment is provided in the hallway lamp.

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 staff call operation unit 4 is for operation when a medical worker who is nursing a patient calls another medical worker, and includes a button and the like. Here, the staff call operation unit 4 is provided in the above-described wall unit so that the patient does not operate it by mistake.

  The slave unit interface 5 is connected to the interface 12 of the nurse call master unit 10 via the recovery operation device 6 (that is, the corridor lamp), and the nurse call slave unit 1 and the nurse call master unit 10 are electrically connected. To do. Here, when a call is possible between the nurse call slave unit 1 and the nurse call master unit 10, the slave unit interface 5 outputs an audio signal to the nurse call master unit 10, and the nurse call master unit 10 Input an audio signal. Further, communication between the nurse call slave unit 1 and the nurse call master unit 10 is performed by wire or wireless.

  In addition, in this embodiment, the nurse call cordless handset 1 is provided with the call operation part 3, and calls it by a patient's intention, but it is not limited to this. For example, the nurse call handset 1 may be configured to include a detection unit that detects the state of the patient. In this case, when the detection unit detects a predetermined state of the patient, the child device control unit 2 of the nurse call child device 1 generates a call signal to be described later.

  When the patient wants to call a medical staff, the patient operates the call operation unit 3. Then, the subunit | mobile_unit control part 2 produces | generates a calling signal. 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 via the recovery operation device 6.

  Further, when a medical worker is in the vicinity of a patient and the patient's condition suddenly changes, the medical worker operates the staff call operation unit 4 when the medical worker wants to call another medical worker. To do. Then, the subunit | mobile_unit control part 2 produces | generates a staff call signal. Here, handset identification information is also included in the staff call signal. Further, the slave unit interface 5 outputs the staff call signal generated by the slave unit control unit 2 to the nurse call master unit 10 via the recovery operation device 6.

  The recovery operation device 6 is connected to the child device interface 5 of the nurse call child device 1 and the interface 12 of the nurse call parent device 10, and the recovery operation device 6, the nurse call child device 1 and the nurse call parent device 10 are electrically connected. Connect. The restoration operation device 6 is operated to stop the notification when the call operation unit 3 of the nurse call slave device 1 is operated and the notification is performed by the nurse call master device 10. Further, the recovery operation device 6 is configured to stop the notification when the staff call operation unit 4 of the nurse call slave unit 1 is operated and the notification is performed by the nurse call master unit 10, or in response to the notification. The health care professional responds and is operated to notify that the patient has been dealt with.

  The recovery operation device 6 can be operated when at least one of notification and notification is performed in the nurse call parent device 10, generates a recovery signal when operated, and the nurse call parent device 10. Output to. Here, the recovery signal includes slave unit identification information for identifying the nurse call slave unit 1 to which the recovery operation device 6 is connected from other nurse call slave units 1.

  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 electrically connects the nurse call parent device 10 and the nurse call child device 1 via the recovery operation device 6 (hallway light). The interface 12 inputs the call signal and the staff call signal output from the nurse call slave device 1 through the recovery operation device 6 and also receives the recovery signal generated by the recovery operation device 6. Further, when a call can be made between the nurse call master unit 10 and the nurse call slave unit 1, the interface 12 transmits an audio signal to the nurse call slave unit 1, and receives the audio signal from the nurse call slave unit 1. Receive. Further, 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 medical worker is calling the other medical worker while notifying that the patient is calling the medical worker. Here, it is preferable to change the operation pattern of the notification unit 13 between the case where the patient calls the medical worker and the case where the medical worker calls the other medical worker. .

  When the interface 12 receives a call signal from the nurse call slave unit 1, the master unit 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. And the fact that a call is being made on the display display and the patient identification information of the patient who made the call is displayed, or the lamp is blinked.

  When the interface 12 receives a staff call signal from the nurse call slave unit 1, the master unit 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 a call is displayed on the display, and the patient identification information of the patient to be handled by the other called medical personnel is displayed, or the lamp is blinked.

  The notification unit 14 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 notification part 14 notifies that the response | compatibility to the patient by the medical worker is not complete | finished. In other words, the notification unit 14 notifies that the nurse call handset 1 has not been restored.

  Here, the voice output device, the display device, and the lighting device used in the notification unit 14 and the notification unit 13 may be shared. In this case, when notifying that the medical worker has not finished handling the patient, when notifying that the patient has called the medical worker, and when the medical worker has called another medical worker. It is preferable to change the operation patterns of the notification unit 13 and the notification unit 14 depending on when this is notified.

  When the interface 12 receives a call signal from the nurse call slave unit 1, the master unit control unit 11 operates the notification unit 14. At this time, the parent device control unit 11 can identify the nurse call child device 1 in which the medical worker has not finished dealing with the patient based on the child device identification information included in the input call signal. In addition, a notification sound is output from the speaker, the notification is displayed on the display, and the patient identification information of the patient whose correspondence has not been completed is displayed, or the lamp is blinked.

  When the interface 12 receives a staff call signal from the nurse call slave unit 1, the master unit control unit 11 operates the notification unit 14. At this time, the base unit control unit 11 can identify the nurse call handset 1 that has not yet been treated for the patient based on the handset identification information included in the input staff call signal. Notification sound is output from the display, notification is made on the display, and patient identification information of a patient whose correspondence has not been completed is displayed, or a lamp is lit.

  The response operation unit 15 is used for a medical worker to respond to the notification of the notification unit 13 when the notification unit 13 and the notification unit 14 are operating. Here, the response operation unit 15 is configured by a hook switch or the like installed on a handset stand. When the handset is off-hook, the response operation unit 15 generates and outputs a response signal.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the nurse call system configured as described above, when the call operation unit 3 of the nurse call slave unit 1 is operated and the interface 12 of the nurse call master unit 10 inputs a call signal, The machine control unit 11 operates the notification unit 13 and the notification unit 14. When the handset is off-hooked in this state, the response operation unit 15 generates and outputs a response signal. The master control unit 11 that has input the response signal stops the operation of the notification unit 13 and the notification unit 14. Further, when the recovery operation device 6 is operated while the notification unit 13 and the notification unit 14 are operating, the recovery operation device 6 generates a recovery signal and outputs it to the interface 12. Then, base unit control unit 11 stops the operations of notification unit 13 and notification unit 14.

  On the other hand, when the staff call operation unit 4 of the nurse call base unit 1 is operated and the interface 12 of the nurse call base unit 10 inputs a staff call signal, the base unit control unit 11 operates the notification unit 13 and the notification unit 14. Let When the handset is off-hooked in this state, the response operation unit 15 generates and outputs a response signal. The base unit control unit 11 that has input the response signal stops only the operation of the notification unit 13. In addition, the notification unit 14 continues to notify that the medical staff has not finished handling the patient.

  In order to stop the operation of the notification unit 14, it is necessary for a medical worker to operate the recovery operation device 6 connected to the corresponding nurse call slave unit 1. When the recovery operation device 6 is operated, the recovery operation device 6 generates and outputs a recovery signal. In the nurse call parent device 10, the interface 12 inputs a recovery signal. Then, base unit control unit 11 stops the operation of notification unit 14.

  Further, when the recovery operation device 6 is operated while the notification unit 13 and the notification unit 14 are operating, the recovery operation device 6 generates a recovery signal and outputs it to the interface 12. Then, base unit control unit 11 stops the operations of notification unit 13 and notification unit 14.

  As described above in detail, according to this embodiment, the call operation unit 3 for a patient to call a medical worker and the staff call operation unit 4 for a medical worker to call another medical worker are provided as nurse call children. When the call operation unit 3 is operated and the call operation unit 3 is operated, a notification indicating that the patient is calling a medical worker is performed by the notification unit 13, and the response to the patient by the medical worker has been completed. The notification unit 14 performs notification indicating that there is no state. In this state, when a response operation is performed by the response operation unit 15 of the nurse call parent device 10 or when the recovery operation device 6 installed in the vicinity of the nurse call child device 1 or the nurse call child device 1 is operated, The base unit control unit 11 stops the operation of the notification unit 13 and the notification unit 14. On the other hand, when the staff call operation unit 4 is operated, a notification indicating that the medical worker is calling another medical worker is performed by the notification unit 13, and the medical worker finishes the response to the patient. The notification unit 14 performs notification indicating that the state is not performed. In this state, when a response operation is performed by the response operation unit 15, the base unit control unit 11 stops only the operation of the notification unit 13, and when the recovery operation device 6 is operated, the base unit control unit 11 13 and the notification unit 14 are stopped.

  Thereby, when a patient calls a medical worker, only a response operation is performed in the nurse call master unit 10, and not only informing, but also in a state where the medical worker has not finished dealing with the patient. Since the notification indicating that it is present is stopped, it is not necessary for the medical worker to go to the hospital room in which the recovery operation device 6 is installed in the case where the medical service is completed simply by listening to the patient. On the other hand, when a health care worker calls another health care worker, even if a response operation is performed at the nurse call master unit 10, only the notification is stopped and the medical care device 6 is operated unless the recovery operation device 6 is operated. Since the notification indicating that the treatment of the patient by the practitioner has not been completed is not stopped, the medical practitioner needs to go to the hospital room in order to operate the recovery operation device 6. Thereby, it is possible to realize, with an appropriate balance, reducing the burden on the medical staff and making sure that the medical staff does not forget to respond to the call from the nurse call handset 1. .

  In addition, in embodiment mentioned above, although the recovery operation apparatus 6 is installed in the corridor lamp near the nurse call subunit | mobile_unit 1, it is not limited to this. For example, the recovery operation device 5 may be installed in the nurse call slave device 1. As a result, the called medical staff need not only go to the hospital room but also enter the hospital room and operate the recovery operation device 6.

  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 the above-described embodiment, the corridor lamp is lit or blinking in conjunction with the operation of the notification unit 13, but is not linked to the operation of the notification unit 14, but is not limited thereto. . For example, the corridor lamp may be turned on or blinked in conjunction with the operation of the notification unit 14. In this case, it is necessary to make the lighting / flashing pattern of the corridor lamp different depending on whether the notification unit 13 or the notification unit 14 is linked.

  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 Call operation part 4 Staff call operation part 5 Slave unit interface 6 Recovery operation apparatus 10 Nurse call master unit 11 Parent machine control part 12 Interface 13 Notification part 14 Notification part 15 Response operation part

Claims (1)

It is installed in a patient room where a patient is present, and a call operation unit for the patient to call a medical worker, a staff call operation unit for the medical worker to call another medical worker, and the call operation unit operated by the call operation unit The slave unit controller that generates a call signal when the staff call operation unit is operated, and a call signal and a staff call signal generated by the slave unit control unit. A nurse call handset having a handset interface for outputting;
A recovery operation device that is installed in the vicinity of the nurse call slave or the nurse call slave, and generates and outputs a recovery signal when operated,
An interface for inputting a call signal, a staff call signal output from the nurse call slave unit, and a recovery signal output from the recovery operation device, and that the patient is calling a medical worker and other A notification unit that distinguishes and reports that a medical worker is being called, a response operation unit that is operated to respond to the notification by the notification unit, and a response to a patient by a medical worker has been completed A notification unit for notifying that there is no state, and operating the notification unit and the notification unit when the interface inputs the call signal, and in this state the response operation unit is operated or the interface is a recovery signal And the operation of the notification unit and the notification unit is stopped, and the interface sends the staff call signal. The notification unit and the notification unit are operated when the operation is performed, and when the response operation unit is operated in this state, only the operation of the notification unit is stopped, while when the interface inputs a recovery signal, the notification unit Nurse call master unit having a master unit and a master unit control unit that stops the operation of the notification unit,
Nurse call system characterized by comprising.

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