JPH11178800A - Emergency supporting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To have real time understanding of the conditions of a patient in a carrying vehicle such as an ambulance in an emergency medical facility by receiving data transmitted from a medical instrument installed in the ambulance for inspecting the condition of emergency patients in the emergency medical facility. SOLUTION: A PHS terminal 2 installed within the ambulance 1 is connected with medical instruments 3 such as a thermometer, a tonometer installed in the ambulance for examining the condition, etc., of emergency patients. Examination data obtained through the use of the equipment 3 at the time of carrying the emergency patient is transmitted to the controller 6 of an emergency supporting system installed on the side of the emergency medical facility through a public PHS base station 4 and a public line 8 by using the data communication function of PHS. As doctors and nurses waiting at the emergency medical facility can previously grasp the precise condition of the emergency patient by looking at data transmitted to the controller 6, proper treatment can speedily be given after the patient arrives at the emergency medical facility.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an emergency support system for quickly and efficiently performing initial treatment of an emergency patient transported from an ambulance or the like to an emergency medical facility.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the field of emergency medicine, FIG.
As shown in (1), an emergency patient is put on an ambulance 1 and transported to an emergency medical facility such as a hospital. During the transportation, the state of the patient is confirmed using the medical device 3 installed in the ambulance 1, and emergency measures are taken for the patient. After being transported to the facility, a medical examination is performed by a doctor or the like, and appropriate medical treatment such as surgery is performed on the patient.

[0003]

However, in the conventional system, the communication means between the ambulance 1 and the emergency medical facility is not sufficiently established, and the facility is required to grasp the patient's accurate condition in real time. There was a problem that it was not possible. In addition, since the elevator 7 in the hospital is controlled independently of the arrival of the emergency patient, when the patient arrives at the facility and is transported to various treatment rooms using the elevator, unnecessary time loss occurs during the waiting time of the elevator. There was a problem that there was.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to enable a patient in an ambulance or the like to grasp the condition of a patient in a transport vehicle in an emergency medical facility in real time. Another object of the present invention is to provide an emergency support system that enables a patient to be promptly transported to an appropriate treatment room by an elevator after arriving at a facility.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
An ambulance used for transporting an ambulance patient, a medical device installed in the ambulance for examining the state of the ambulance patient, transmitting means for transmitting data obtained by the medical device, and transmitted emergency patient data etc. And a receiving means for receiving at the emergency medical facility.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the emergency support system according to the first aspect, a position information transmitting unit for transmitting position information is provided in the ambulance, and a position information receiving unit for receiving position information; And a control means for controlling an elevator installed in the emergency medical facility based on the emergency medical facility.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the emergency support system according to the second aspect, the transmitting means, the receiving means, the position information transmitting means, and the position information receiving means are performed using PHS communication. Is what you do.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an emergency support system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 is an ambulance, 2 is a PHS terminal, 3 is a medical device, 4 is a public PHS base station, 5 is a PHS base station installed in an emergency medical facility, 6 is a control device of an emergency support system, 7 Is an elevator used to transport a patient to an appropriate treatment room or the like in an emergency medical facility, and 8 is a public line. In the present embodiment, the ambulance 1 and the emergency medical facility perform communication using the PHS, but the present invention is not particularly limited to this as long as the communication is wireless communication.

The PHS terminal 2 installed in the ambulance 1
It is installed in the ambulance 1 and is connected to a medical device 3 such as a thermometer, a sphygmomanometer, an electrocardiograph, an electroencephalograph, and a heart rate monitor for examining the state of an emergency patient. The examination data obtained by using the medical device 3 when the emergency patient is transported is used for emergency support provided at the emergency medical facility side via the public PHS base station 4 and the public line 8 using the data communication function of the PHS. It is transmitted to the control device 6 of the system. A doctor or a nurse waiting at the emergency medical facility can see the data transmitted to the control device 6 to grasp the exact state of the emergency patient in advance, so that the patient arrives at the emergency medical facility. Later, appropriate measures can be taken promptly.

A PHS terminal 2 installed in an ambulance
Uses the private mode to periodically transmit information indicating that the patient is about to arrive to the private PHS base station 5 installed in the emergency medical facility. P installed in emergency care facilities
Since the communication area of the HS base station 5 has a radius of about 200 m, when the ambulance 1 enters this range, the private PHS
The base station 5 receives the arrival information of the patient and transfers the arrival information indicating that the arrival of the patient is near to the controller 6 of the emergency support system in the hospital. Upon receiving the patient arrival information, the control device 6 controls the elevator 7 for transporting the emergency patient at the floor where the patient is transported (for example, the first floor when the emergency patient is transported to the first floor of an emergency medical facility). Tell them to wait. Thereby, the transported emergency patient is promptly transported via the elevator 7 to a treatment room appropriate for patient treatment,
It is possible to perform treatment on the patient quickly.

[0012]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, an ambulance used for transporting an ambulance patient, a medical device installed in the ambulance for examining a state of the ambulance patient, etc. Since it is composed of a transmitting means for transmitting the data obtained by the device and a receiving means for receiving the transmitted data of the emergency patient and the like at the emergency medical facility, the doctor and nurse at the emergency medical facility receive the patient The patient's accurate status can be ascertained in advance by the data transmitted before the treatment, so that it is possible to consider and prepare the treatment means for the patient in advance, and to promptly perform treatment for the arriving patient. It has the effect of being able to.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the first aspect is provided.
In the emergency support system described above, a position information transmitting unit for transmitting position information is provided in an ambulance, and a position information receiving unit for receiving position information and an elevator installed in an emergency medical facility based on the received position information are controlled. Since the control means and the emergency medical facility are provided, the elevator of the emergency medical facility can be made to wait at an appropriate floor when the ambulance arrives, and immediately after the patient arrives, the patient is immediately moved to an appropriate treatment room. There is an effect that the patient can be transported by the elevator.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the second aspect.
In the emergency support system described above, the transmitting means, the receiving means, the position information transmitting means and the position information receiving means are performed using PHS communication, so that data relating to the state of the patient can be transmitted using PHS communication. In addition, there is an effect that the position of the ambulance can be grasped in the emergency medical facility by the position information transmitted by the PHS terminal installed in the ambulance.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an emergency support system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a conventional emergency support system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Ambulance 2 PHS terminal (transmission means) 3 Medical device 4 PHS base station for public use 5 PHS base station for private use (reception means) 6 Control device 7 Elevator 8 Public line

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An ambulance for use in transporting an emergency patient, a medical device installed in the ambulance for examining the state of the emergency patient, and a transmitting unit for transmitting data obtained by the medical device. An emergency support system characterized by comprising a receiving means for receiving data of an emergency patient or the like at an emergency medical facility. 2. An ambulance having position information transmitting means for transmitting position information, and position information receiving means for receiving position information, and control means for controlling an elevator installed in an emergency medical facility based on the received position information. The emergency support system according to claim 1, wherein the emergency support facility is provided in an emergency medical facility. 3. The emergency support system according to claim 2, wherein the transmitting means, the receiving means, the position information transmitting means and the position information receiving means are performed using PHS communication.