JP6098974B2 - 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 a patient calls the nurse call slave unit by operating the call operation unit, the nurse call slave unit notifies the nurse call master unit and the corridor lamp of the call. To do. 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 an LED or the like 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, when a call from the nurse call cordless handset is answered by the handset of the nurse call master phone or the portable terminal, the notification by the nurse call master phone or the portable terminal stops and the LED of the corridor lamp is turned 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 is known in which a recovery operation unit is provided in a nurse call slave unit, and the system is restored by operating the recovery operation unit (for example, described in Patent Document 1). .

  In the nurse call system described in Patent Document 1, 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, but the LED of the corridor lamp Remains lit / flashing and the nurse call system is not in a recovery state. In such a nurse call system, the LED of the corridor lamp is turned off by the operation of the recovery operation unit provided in the vicinity of the nurse call slave unit, and the nurse call system is restored. 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. Note that the above-described effects can be obtained even if the restoration operation unit described in Patent Document 1 is provided in the hallway lamp.

  By the way, in the nurse call system, the call operation unit of the nurse call slave unit may be erroneously operated, and erroneous notification may occur in the nurse call master unit. However, in the prior art including Patent Document 1 described above, since the recovery operation unit is provided in the vicinity of the nurse call cordless handset, the hallway light, and the like, even if it is a false alarm, the medical worker is in the hospital room where the patient is located. There was a problem that the medical staff would be required extra time.

  In order to solve such a problem, it is conceivable to provide a recovery operation unit in the nurse call master unit. In this case, the health care worker who responds to the call from the nurse call slave unit determines whether the call is a false report by talking with the patient, etc. If it is determined that the medical staff is in the nurse call master unit, the medical staff operates the recovery operation unit to perform recovery.In other cases, the medical staff visits the patient's room. Then, recovery is performed by operating a recovery operation unit provided in the vicinity of the nurse call cordless handset or in the corridor lamp.

JP 2009-77387 A

  However, in the above-described conventional technology, there is only a fact that the restoration has been performed, and there is a problem that it is not known by what kind of judgment the medical worker has performed the restoration. For example, even if a medical worker determines that a call from a nurse call slave is a false alarm and performs a recovery at the recovery operation unit of the nurse call master, the medical worker calls a call from the nurse call slave. When it is judged that it is not a false alarm and is restored in the vicinity of the nurse call cordless handset or in the restoration operation section of the corridor lamp, it is handled in the same way.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to distinguish what purpose a medical worker has performed a recovery.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, in the present invention, a call operation unit for a patient to call a medical worker is provided in the nurse call cordless handset, and when the call operation unit is operated, the patient performs a call. That the health care worker is notified by turning on or blinking the corridor light and informing the nurse call parent device, and when the nurse call parent device responds, only the notification of the nurse call parent device is stopped. I am doing so. A recovery operation unit operated to turn off the corridor lights is provided in the vicinity of the nurse call slave unit, the corridor light, and the nurse call master unit, and when one of the recovery operation units is operated, which recovery operation unit operates. It is made to memorize as a history.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, when the recovery operation unit is operated to turn off the corridor lamp that is turned on or blinking when the patient performs a call, the recovery operation unit provided is operated anywhere. Is stored as a history, so if the recovery operation unit provided near the nurse call cordless handset is operated, it can be seen that a medical worker has come to the patient and is installed in the corridor lamp. If the recovery operation unit is operated, it can be seen that the medical staff has reached the hospital room where the patient is located, and if the recovery operation unit provided in the nurse call master unit is operated, It turns out that there is a high possibility that the worker did not go to the patient. Therefore, when the restoration is performed, it is possible to distinguish the intention of the restoration by the medical staff.

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 the log | history memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of a nurse call main | base station.

  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 The cordless side wall near the entrance / exit of the hospital room where the nurse call cordless handset 1 is connected to the cordless cordless cordless handset 1 And a nurse call master 20 installed in a staff room (for example, a nurse station) where medical personnel are resident and for notifying a call. Here, the corridor lamp 10 displays patient information such as the number of the attached hospital room and the name of the patient admitted to the hospital room.

  The nurse call handset 1 includes a handset control unit 2, a call operation unit 3, and a handset interface 4. The corridor lamp 10 includes a corridor lamp controller 11, a corridor lamp interface 12, an indicator lamp 13, and a corridor lamp recovery operation section 14. The nurse call parent device 20 includes a parent device control unit 21, a parent device interface 22, a notification unit 23, a response operation unit 24, a parent device recovery operation unit 25, and a storage unit 26.

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 slave unit interface 4 is connected to the master unit interface 22 of the nurse call master unit 20 through the corridor lamp interface 12 of the corridor lamp 10, and the nurse call slave unit 1, the corridor lamp 10, and the nurse call master unit 20 are connected to each other. Connect electrically. Here, when a call is possible between the nurse call slave unit 1 and the nurse call master unit 20, the slave unit interface 4 outputs an audio signal to the nurse call master unit 20, and the nurse call master unit 20 Input an audio signal. Further, communication between the nurse call slave unit 1 and the nurse call master unit 20 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. Moreover, the subunit | mobile_unit interface 4 outputs the calling signal produced | generated by the subunit | mobile_unit control part 2 to the corridor lamp 10 and the nurse call main | base station 20. FIG.

  Next, the slave unit recovery operation unit 5 will be described. As described above, the handset recovery operation unit 5 is installed in the vicinity of the nurse call handset 1, but specifically, is installed in the wall unit described above. Further, the slave unit recovery operation unit 5 is connected to the corridor lamp interface 12 of the corridor lamp 10. Further, the slave unit recovery operation unit 5 turns off the indicator lamp 13 when the call manipulation unit 3 of the nurse call slave unit 1 is operated and the indicator lamp 13 of the corridor lamp 10 to be described later lights (or flashes). To be manipulated. Here, when the slave unit recovery operation unit 5 is operated, the slave unit recovery operation unit 5 generates a recovery signal and outputs it to the corridor lamp 10 and the nurse call master unit 20. This recovery signal includes identification information (for example, the same bed number as the slave unit identification information) for identifying the slave unit recovery operation unit 5 from other slave unit recovery operation units 5.

  Next, each component of the corridor lamp 10 will be described. The corridor lamp control unit 11 is for controlling each component of the corridor lamp 10 as described later, and is configured by a CPU or the like. The corridor lamp interface 12 electrically connects the corridor lamp 10 to the nurse call slave device 1 and electrically connects the corridor lamp 10 to the nurse call parent device 20. Further, the corridor lamp interface 12 is connected to the recovery operation unit 5 for the slave unit. The corridor lamp interface 12 receives a call signal from the nurse call slave unit 1, inputs a recovery signal from the recovery unit for slave unit 5, and also inputs a recovery signal from the nurse call master unit 20.

  The indicator lamp 13 is composed of an LED or the like, and lights up (or flashes) to notify that the patient is calling in the hospital room where the corridor lamp 10 is installed. When the corridor lamp interface 12 receives a call signal from the nurse call cordless handset 1, the corridor lamp control unit 11 turns on (or blinks) the indicator lamp 13. In this state, when the corridor lamp interface 12 inputs a recovery signal from the slave unit recovery operation unit 5 or the nurse call master unit 20, the corridor lamp control unit 11 turns off the indicator lamp 13.

  The corridor lamp recovery operation unit 14 is operated to turn off the indicator lamp 13 when the corridor lamp interface 12 inputs a call signal and the corridor lamp controller 11 turns on (or flashes) the indicator lamp 13. The Here, when the corridor lamp restoration operation unit 14 is operated, the corridor lamp control unit 11 turns off the indicator lamp 13 and generates a restoration signal and outputs the restoration signal to the nurse call parent device 20 through the corridor lamp interface 12. To do. This restoration signal includes identification information (for example, a room number or the like) for identifying the corridor lamp 10 from other corridor lamps 10. The hospital room number is the same as part of the bed number. For example, the hospital room number of the hospital room in which the bed with the bed number “101-1” is installed is “101”.

  Next, each component of the nurse call parent machine 20 will be described. The base unit control unit 21 is for controlling each component of the nurse call base unit 20 as will be described later, and includes a CPU and the like. The master unit interface 22 connects the slave unit interface 4 of the nurse call slave unit 1 via the corridor lamp interface 12 of the corridor lamp 10, and electrically connects the nurse call master unit 20 and the nurse call slave unit 1. To do. The master unit interface 22 is connected to the slave unit recovery operation unit 5 via the corridor lamp interface 12 of the corridor lamp 10.

  Here, the base unit interface 22 inputs the call signal output from the nurse call handset 1 and also receives the recovery signal generated by the handset recovery operation unit 5. In addition, the base unit interface 22 inputs the restoration signal output from the corridor lamp 10. Further, when a call is possible between the nurse call master unit 20 and the nurse call slave unit 1, the master unit interface 22 outputs a voice signal to the nurse call slave unit 1, and the voice from the nurse call slave unit 1. Input the signal. Further, communication between the nurse call parent device 20 and the nurse call child device 1 is performed by wire or wireless.

  The notification unit 23 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 an LED. Moreover, the alerting | reporting part 23 alert | reports that the patient is calling the medical worker. When the base unit interface 22 receives a call signal from the nurse call handset 1, the base unit control unit 21 operates the notification unit 23. At this time, the base unit control unit 21 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 of the call identification on the display and the patient identification information of the patient who made the call, or the LED blinking.

  The response operation unit 24 is used for a medical worker to respond to the notification of the notification unit 23 when the notification unit 23 is operating. Here, the response operation unit 24 is configured by a hook switch or the like installed on a handset stand. When the handset is off-hooked, base unit control unit 21 stops the operation of notification unit 23.

  The base unit recovery operation unit 25 is operated to turn off the indicator lamp 13 in a state where the indicator lamp 13 of the corridor lamp 10 is lit (or flashing). For example, when a medical worker who responds to a call from a patient determines that the call is false information, the medical worker does not need to go to the hospital room where the calling patient is located.

  Here, when the base unit recovery operation unit 25 is operated, the base unit control unit 21 generates a recovery signal and outputs the recovery signal to the corridor lamp 10 through the base unit interface 22. The restoration signal includes identification information (for example, a room number or the like) for identifying the hall light 10 to be restored from other hall lights 10. That is, the parent device control unit 21 generates identification information based on the hospital room number from a part of the child device identification information included in the calling signal for operating the notification unit 23 and adds the identification information to the recovery signal. For example, the identification information is “101” with respect to the slave unit identification information “101-1”.

  When the recovery is performed by any of the above-described methods, the storage unit 26 stores, as a history, that method, that is, the information on the device that has been recovered, and the recovery. Here, the history preferably includes the slave unit identification information for specifying the nurse call slave unit 1 that has called, the date and time when the call was performed, the device that performed restoration, and the date and time when restoration was performed. .

  As shown in FIG. 2, the nurse call slave unit 1 calls the slave unit identification information “101-1” at 10:15 on January 3, 2013, and the recovery signal output from the master unit interface 22 is displayed. When the included identification information is “101” and the date and time is 10:17 on January 3, 2013, the recovery is performed by the master unit interface 22 for the recovered device. , The nurse call parent device 20 is identified.

  In addition, as shown in the figure, the call by the nurse call slave unit 1 of the slave unit identification information “101-4” was made at 10:48 on January 3, 2013, and the recovery entered by the master unit interface 22 When the identification information included in the signal is “101-4” and the date and time is 10:53 on January 3, 2013, the base unit interface 22 inputs a recovery signal to the device that has recovered. And the point where the identification information is “101-4”, it is identified as the slave operation unit 5.

  Also, as shown in the figure, a call by the nurse call slave unit 1 whose slave unit identification information is “103-2” was made at 11:15 on January 3, 2013, and the master unit interface 22 entered the call. When the identification information included in the recovery signal is “103” and the date and time is 11:19 on January 3, 2013, the base unit interface 22 inputs the recovery signal to the recovered device. And the point where the identification information is “103”, it is identified as the hallway lamp 10.

  As described above in detail, according to the present embodiment, the call operation unit 3 for the patient to call the medical staff is provided in the nurse call handset 1, and when the call operation unit 3 is operated, the patient calls The medical worker is notified that the indicator lamp 13 of the corridor lamp 10 is turned on (or flashes) and the alarm section 23 of the nurse call master unit 20 is notified. Here, when the response operation unit 24 of the nurse call parent device 20 is operated and a response is made, only the operation of the notification unit 23 of the nurse call parent device 20 is stopped, and the indicator lamp 13 of the corridor lamp 10 is turned on (or (Flashing) continues. Then, in order to turn off the indicator lamp 13 of the corridor lamp 10, the slave unit recovery operation unit 5 provided in the vicinity of the nurse call slave unit 1, the corridor lamp recovery operation unit 14 provided in the corridor lamp 10, and the nurse When any of the recovery operation units 25 for the parent device provided in the call parent device 20 is operated, the parent device control unit 21 causes the storage unit 26 to store which is operated as a history. Yes.

  As a result, the history of which device has been restored is stored as a history. Therefore, when the slave unit recovery operation unit 5 provided in the vicinity of the nurse call slave unit 1 is operated, It can be seen that the patient has visited the patient, and when the corridor lamp recovery operation unit 14 provided in the corridor lamp 10 is operated, it can be seen that the medical worker has visited the patient room where the patient is located, It can be seen that when the base unit recovery operation unit 25 provided in the nurse call base unit 20 is operated, there is a high possibility that the medical staff has not visited the patient. Therefore, when the restoration is performed, it is possible to distinguish the intention of the restoration by the medical staff.

  In addition, when the date and time when the call is performed is compared with the date and time when the recovery is performed, and the time from when the call is performed to when the recovery is performed is measured, the recovered device is the nurse call master 20. Compared to the time when it was the corridor lamp 10 and the recovery operation unit 5 for the slave unit, the measured time tends to be longer, so the reason when the measured time is longer or shorter Can be explained.

  In the above-described embodiment, the slave unit recovery operation unit 5 is provided in the wall unit. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the nurse call child device 1 may be provided with the child device restoration operation unit 5.

  In the above-described embodiment, as the history stored in the storage unit 26, the slave unit identification information, the date and time when the call was performed, the identification information included in the recovery signal, the date and time when the recovery was performed, and the device that performed the recovery Is included, but is not limited to this. For example, in addition to the history described above, information such as the date and time of response, the name of the patient who made the call, the name of the medical worker who responded, and the name of the medical worker who performed the recovery may be stored. Here, a well-known technique is used for specifying these pieces of information.

  Moreover, in the embodiment mentioned above, although the indicator lamp 13 is comprised by LED, it is not limited to this. For example, you may make it comprise the indicator lamp 13 with a display.

  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 cordless handset interface 5 cordless handset restoration operation part 10 corridor light 11 corridor light control part 12 corridor light interface 13 indicator light 14 corridor light restoration operation part 20 nurse call Base unit 21 Base unit control unit 22 Interface 23 Notification unit 24 Response operation unit 25 Recovery unit for base unit 26 Storage unit

Claims (1)

A call operation unit which is installed in a hospital room where a patient is present and is operated so that the patient calls a medical worker; a slave unit control unit which generates a call signal when the call operation unit is operated; and A nurse call handset having a handset interface that outputs a call signal generated by the handset controller;
An indicator lamp installed on the side of the corridor near the entrance of the hospital room to notify that the patient is calling a medical worker by turning on or flashing, and a corridor lamp operated to turn off the indicator lamp Since the indicator lamp is turned on or blinked by inputting the call signal from the recovery operation unit for the nurse and the nurse call cordless handset, and the unit is identified when the recovery operation unit for the corridor lamp is operated. of it generates and outputs a recovery signal including the identification information, turns off the display lamp, a corridor lamp and a corridor lamp control unit may be to enter a recovery signal from the other device turns off the display lamp,
A recovery operation unit for the slave unit that is installed in the vicinity of the nurse call slave unit and generates and outputs a recovery signal including identification information for identifying the unit by being operated;
A recovery operation unit for a master unit that is operated to turn off the indicator lamp of the corridor lamp, a call signal output from the nurse call slave unit, a recovery signal output from the corridor lamp, and the slave unit The master unit interface that outputs the recovery signal generated by operating the recovery operation unit for the master unit and the recovery signal output from the recovery operation unit for the master unit, and the patient calls the medical staff A notification unit for notifying that, a response operation unit operated to respond to the notification by the notification unit, that the interface has input the recovery signal, and that the recovery operation unit for the base unit is operated A storage unit that stores the history of the information as well as information on the device that has been restored, and the notification unit is activated when the interface inputs the call signal. When the response operation unit is operated, the operation of the notification unit is stopped, and the recovery signal is generated when the recovery operation unit for the base unit is operated while the notification unit is operating. The recovery operation for the master unit is specified by specifying that the device that has been restored by the identification information included in the recovery signal input by the interface and output by the interface is the corridor lamp or the slave unit recovery operation unit. A nurse call parent device having a parent device control unit that specifies that the device that has performed the recovery is a nurse call parent device and stores it as a history in the storage unit when the unit is operated,
Nurse call system characterized by comprising.

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