KR102495062B1 - Emergency Response System for Hazardous Substance Exposure - Google Patents

Abstract

In the present invention, when physical contact with hazardous chemicals occurs due to negligence or accident of an experimenter at a place where hazardous chemicals are handled, the device quickly rinses the affected area and neutralizes it and provides a protocol for minimizing damage, so that the device can protect the user. It detects and sprays neutralizing water and neutralizing chemicals sequentially on the body, analyzes the harmful chemicals that have been spilled from the body due to the used neutralizing water, and sprays appropriate neutralizing chemicals to the body after identifying harmful chemicals that come into contact with the body due to an accident It relates to an emergency response system for exposure to hazardous substances that enables quick response regardless of the type of substance and transmits hazardous chemical substance samples and status information to provide accident information to hospitals and emergency medical staff thereafter.

Description

Hazardous substance exposure emergency response system {Emergency Response System for Hazardous Substance Exposure}

The present invention relates to a system capable of emergency response in case of contact or exposure to a harmful substance, and more particularly, to an emergency response system capable of identifying and neutralizing the harmful substance or providing information on the harmful substance to a hospital or the like.

In accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health Act, it is obligatory to install washing facilities for washing and bathing in places where hazardous chemicals are handled. When a user accidentally or accidentally contacts hazardous chemicals while handling hazardous chemicals, human life may occur. Therefore, it is important to quickly wash harmful chemicals from the affected area and neutralize them through washing facilities placed in laboratories and laboratories. Afterwards, it is necessary to treat the affected area contacted with hazardous chemicals in the hospital to prevent expansion of the affected area.

However, there are many types of hazardous chemicals stored in laboratories and research laboratories, which are often in large quantities, with dozens or hundreds of types, and various neutralizers used for emergency measures depending on hydrogen ion concentration (Ph), toxicity, and other harmful components, resulting in accidents. There is a problem that emergency treatment is delayed. In addition, it is not possible to accurately check the type of hazardous chemical substance leaked or the initial state of the contact person due to the panic of users and neighbors in the accident situation, so even if they arrive at the hospital later, it takes time to provide appropriate treatment.

Publication No. 10-2009-0053021 A (published on May 27, 2009)

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and in the event of a leakage accident of hazardous chemicals, quickly removes hazardous chemicals from the affected area of contact, provides a neutralizing agent suitable for the removed hazardous chemicals, and finally rescues personnel and hospitals It is to provide an emergency response system for exposure to harmful substances that provides accident situation data so as to continuously provide treatment in the back.

In order to solve the above problems, the emergency response system for exposure to harmful substances of the present invention includes a body provided with an internal space; a spraying unit disposed on at least one area of the body and spraying the supplied liquid into the inner space; a discharge unit disposed on a lower surface of the inner space to discharge the waste liquid supplied from the injection unit; a sensor unit disposed on an inner wall of the inner space to detect an entering user and to generate a signal to control the injection unit; And a collection unit for collecting the liquid collected in the discharge unit; includes

At this time, the hazardous substance exposure emergency response system further includes a liquid supply unit for supplying liquid to the spray unit, wherein the liquid supply unit supplies neutralized water to the spray unit and at least one or more neutralizing chemicals for supplying the spray unit. Characterized in that it comprises a neutralizing agent supply unit.

Here, the collection unit storage unit for storing the waste liquid; an analysis unit that analyzes the waste liquid to specify hazardous chemicals; and a sample unit providing a small amount of sample including the waste liquid and hazardous chemical information specified in the analysis unit. includes

Furthermore, the liquid supply unit supplies neutralized water from the neutralization water supply unit to the injection unit when the sensor unit generates a signal, and then selectively supplies a neutralizing agent from the neutralizing agent supply unit according to the hazardous chemical substance specified in the analysis unit. It is characterized in that supplied to the injection unit as.

In addition, the neutralizing drug supply unit in consideration of at least one or more of hydrogen ion concentration (Ph) information, toxic component information and characteristic information of the hazardous chemical substance specified in the analysis unit to select a neutralizing drug disposed in the neutralizing drug supply unit characterized by

In addition, the hazardous substance exposure emergency response system is characterized in that it further comprises a photographing unit disposed on the inner wall of the inner space to photograph the affected area in contact with the user and hazardous chemicals.

And the hazardous substance exposure emergency response system further includes a communication unit that transmits and receives information with an external terminal, and the communication unit transmits the hazardous chemical information specified in the analysis unit and the photographic information of the user's affected part captured by the photographing unit in an emergency. It is characterized in that it is transmitted to terminals disposed in medical staff and hospitals.

A method of using the emergency response system for exposure to hazardous substances of the present invention includes a user detection step in which a sensor disposed in the emergency response system for exposure to hazardous substances detects a user; A neutralized water spraying step of spraying neutralized water to the user; Hazardous chemical substance determination step of specifying the hazardous chemical substance after analyzing the hazardous chemical substance buried in the neutralization water; and a neutralizing agent spraying step of selectively injecting a neutralizing agent to the user according to the type of the hazardous chemical substance specified in the hazardous chemical substance analysis step. includes

Furthermore, the hazardous substance exposure emergency response method includes an accident information providing step of providing the hazardous chemical substance information and the sample to the user; and an accident information transmission step in which a communication unit disposed in the hazardous substance exposure emergency response system transmits the hazardous chemical information and accident information to terminals possessed by hospitals and emergency medical staff. more includes

Here, the hazardous substance exposure emergency response method includes a lesion imaging step in which a photographing unit disposed in the hazardous substance exposure emergency response system photographs the affected area in contact with the hazardous chemical substance of the user; It is characterized in that the photo taken in the affected part photographing step is transmitted in the accident information transmission step.

The hazardous substance exposure emergency response system of the present invention according to the above configuration supplies neutralized water within a short time to a user who has been in contact with hazardous chemicals due to an accident to wash the affected area, and quickly regardless of the type of leaked hazardous chemicals. By selectively supplying a neutralizing agent that neutralizes the affected area in time, minimizing the affected area contacted with hazardous chemicals, and by providing a protocol for quick response by emergency medical staff and hospitals, it has the effect of significantly reducing human damage due to leakage of hazardous chemicals. there is.

1 is a perspective view showing an emergency response system for exposure to harmful substances according to the present invention;
Figure 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the detailed configuration of the emergency response system for exposure to harmful substances of the present invention
3 and 4 are exemplary diagrams showing a method of using the emergency response system for exposure to harmful substances according to the present invention.
5 is a flow chart showing a response method of the emergency response system for exposure to harmful substances according to the present invention.
6 is a flowchart showing another embodiment of a response method of the emergency response system for exposure to harmful substances according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, the technical idea of the present invention will be described in more detail using the accompanying drawings.

Since the accompanying drawings are only examples shown to explain the technical idea of the present invention in more detail, the technical idea of the present invention is not limited to the form of the accompanying drawings. It is understood that when an element is referred to as being “connected” or “connected” to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, but other elements may exist in the middle. It should be.

Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art, and unless explicitly defined in this application, it should not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal meaning. don't Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs.

Since the present invention can make various changes and have various embodiments, specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, and should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, or substitutes included in the spirit and technical scope of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the emergency response system for exposure to harmful substances 1000 of the present invention includes a body 100, an injection unit 200, a discharge unit 300, a sensor unit 400, and a collection unit 500 (not shown in FIG. 1). city), including Each component is explained as follows.

The body 100 is formed in a box shape including an inner space 110 through which adults can enter and exit so that the user can enter, and serves to arrange the above-mentioned components. Furthermore, in order to prevent external leakage of waste liquid used for washing or neutralization in the inner space 110, an entrance door opened and closed by a user may be further included. It may also have other embodiments in which components other than the body 100 are openly disposed.

The injection unit 200 is disposed in at least one region of the body 100 and serves to inject the supplied liquid into the internal space 100 . Therefore, the neutralizing water and the neutralizing chemical supplied through the spraying unit 200 are sprayed to the user entering the inner space 110 to wash or neutralize harmful chemicals remaining in the user's body. Furthermore, an embodiment in which a plurality of spraying units 200 are disposed on the internal space 110 and can be sprayed toward the user at the same time, and a local location of the body exposed to harmful chemicals. It includes other embodiments arranged in a predetermined area of the inner space 110 to spray neutralizing water and neutralizing chemicals.

The discharge unit 300 guides the liquid sprayed from the injection unit 200 and the waste liquid discharged after washing or neutralizing the user's body to be collected without leaking to the outside of the body 100 . Therefore, the discharge unit 300 is disposed below the inner space 110, and serves as a floor where the user can stay on the inner space 110.

The sensor unit 400 is disposed on the inner wall surface of the body 100, that is, the inner space 110, detects an entering user, and generates a signal to control the spraying unit 200. More specifically, since the hazardous substance exposure emergency response system 1000 is a device used in an emergency situation, the sensor unit 400 detects the user, so the spray unit 200 sequentially sprays neutralizing water and neutralizing chemicals, It serves to provide a signal so that the harmful substance exposure emergency response system 1000 is started according to a preset sequence.

Although not shown in FIG. 1, the collection unit 500 safely manages the waste liquid collected by the discharge unit 300, analyzes harmful chemicals contained in the waste liquid, and selects a neutralizing agent supplied to the injection unit 200. play a role More details will be discussed in the description of FIG. 2 .

As shown in FIG. 2, the emergency response system for exposure to hazardous substances 1000 of the present invention includes a body 100, a spray hole 200, a discharge unit 300, a sensor unit 400, and a collection unit 500. , A liquid supply unit 600, a communication unit 700, and a photographing unit 800, and each component includes detailed components. Each component and detailed components except for the components repeatedly described in FIG. 1 will be described as follows.

The discharge part 300 includes a drain hole 310 and a drain pipe 320 . At this time, the drainage hole 310 is disposed on the lower surface of the inner space 110 so that the user can step on it and use the hazardous substance exposure emergency response system 1000, and the waste liquid discharged from the injection unit 200 and used is smoothly discharged. It serves to prevent harmful chemicals from leaking to the outside of the inner space 110. The drain pipe 320 serves to transfer the waste liquid discharged through the drain hole 310 to the collector 500 . Accordingly, a flow device such as a pump or a flow meter may be disposed in the drain pipe 320 to check the state of the discharged waste liquid.

The collection unit 500 includes a storage unit 510 , an analysis unit 520 and a sample unit 530 . The storage unit 510 serves to collect and store most of the waste liquid discharged to the discharge unit 300 until it is safely discharged by the manager of the hazardous chemical contact emergency response device 1000. Therefore, the storage unit 510 is preferably connected to the outside of the body 100 and has a detachable structure so that internal waste liquid is discharged or moved to the outside of the body 100 .

The analyzer 520 receives a portion of the waste liquid discharged through the discharge unit 300, analyzes the state and type of hazardous chemicals contained in the waste liquid, and then serves to specify the hazardous chemicals. Therefore, it is preferable that the analyzer 520 is equipped with analysis equipment for analyzing the hydrogen ion concentration (ph), toxicity, and other chemical properties of the hazardous chemicals.

The sample unit 530 produces a sample of a small amount of the waste liquid discharged through the discharge unit 300 to quickly determine the type and condition of the hazardous chemical substance in contact with the user's affected area of the hazardous substance exposure emergency response system 1000 by emergency medical staff. and preparing a sample provided to a user who has finished using the harmful substance exposure emergency response system 1000 to be delivered to a hospital. Therefore, it goes without saying that the sample unit 530 further includes a component for storing a container containing the waste fluid and an injector for storing the waste fluid in the container.

Furthermore, the liquid supply unit 600 serves to supply liquid sprayed from the spray unit 200 . The liquid supply unit 600 includes a neutralized water supply unit 610 and a neutralization agent supply unit 620.

The neutralized water supply unit 610 supplies the neutralized water to the interior space 110 through the injection unit 200 according to the detection of the sensor unit 400 after the user using the hazardous substance exposure emergency response system 1000 initially enters. It serves to supply neutralized water to the injection unit 200 for injection. Therefore, the neutralized water supply unit 610 includes a component for storing the neutralized water and a component for flowing the neutralized water to the injection unit 200 .

The neutralizing agent supply unit 620 serves to supply the neutralizing agent to the injection unit 200 when hazardous chemicals in the waste liquid collected through the discharge unit 300 are specified in the analysis unit 520 . Therefore, the neutralizing drug supply unit 620 includes a component for storing the neutralizing drug and a component for flowing the neutralizing drug to the injection unit 200 . Furthermore, the neutralizing agent supply unit 620 is equipped with at least one or more neutralizing agents, that is, a plurality of neutralizing agents, so that when a hazardous chemical substance is specified in the analysis unit 520, the neutralizing agent effective for neutralizing the user's affected area is selectively injected into the spray unit 200. supplied to and sprayed into the inner space (110). However, the analysis unit 520 omits the process of specifying hazardous chemicals by the user's selection on the interior space 110, and the preset neutralizing agent among the neutralizing agents stored in the neutralizing agent supply unit 620 is injected into the spray unit 200. Including one embodiment supplied with. Furthermore, the neutralizing agent supplied to the neutralizing agent supply unit 620 is neutralized in consideration of at least one of hydrogen ion concentration (Ph) information, toxic component information, and characteristic information of the hazardous chemical specified in the analysis unit 520. By selecting one of a plurality of neutralizing chemicals disposed in the supply unit 620, the hazardous substance exposure emergency response system 1000 of the present invention can be automatically used without any action by the user who is in a panic state during an accident. Therefore, it is possible to minimize the user's affected area and minimize accident damage.

The communication unit 700 integrates the hazardous chemical information specified in the analysis unit 520 and the neutralized drug information sprayed through the spraying unit 200 while using the hazardous substance exposure emergency response system 1000 of the present invention. It plays the role of transmitting to terminals deployed in emergency medical staff and hospitals. Therefore, when a user receives first aid with the hazardous substance exposure emergency response system 1000 of the present invention and receives follow-up treatment at an emergency medical team or hospital, the effect of shortening the decision-making time of the medical staff occurs, resulting in an accident by minimizing the user's affected area. damage can be reduced.

The photographing unit 800 is disposed in at least one place of the internal space 110 and serves to photograph a user using the hazardous substance exposure emergency response system 1000 of the present invention and the user's affected part. Therefore, it includes an embodiment in which at least one location of the interior space 110 is arranged and taken according to the user's selection, and an embodiment in which the film is taken as a black box regardless of the user's intention. Afterwards, the photos and videos taken by the photographing unit 800 are transmitted to emergency medical staff and terminals placed in hospitals through the communication unit 700, and the decision-making time is given to medical staff treating users exposed to hazardous chemicals due to accidents. has the effect of shortening

As shown in FIG. 3, a method of using the emergency response system 1000 for exposure to harmful substances according to the present invention is as follows.

FIG. 3(a) is a diagram illustrating an accident in which the user 10 leaks the hazardous chemical substance 21 from the hazardous chemical container 20 in an environment such as a laboratory. Then, as shown in FIG. 3(b), the user 10 urgently enters the hazardous substance exposure emergency response system 1000 of the present invention, and as shown in FIG. 3(c), the sensor unit 400 By identifying the entry of the user 10, a signal for the first operation of the protocol and injection unit 200 of the hazardous substance exposure emergency response system 1000 of the present invention is generated.

As shown in FIG. 4, a method of using the hazardous substance exposure emergency response system 1000 of the present invention will be described following the description of FIG. 3(c).

After the sensor unit 400 shown in FIG. 3(c) identifies the user 10, as shown in FIG. 4(d), the neutralized water supply unit 510 supplies the neutralized water 30 to the spray unit 200. It is supplied and sprayed into the inner space (110). Therefore, the area where the user 10 accidentally came into contact with hazardous chemicals is washed with the neutralized water 30 . Thereafter, the neutralized water 30 containing hazardous chemicals is discharged into the waste liquid through the discharge unit 300, and the waste liquid is transferred to the storage unit 510, the analysis unit 520, and the sample unit 530 of the collection unit 500. this is transmitted Thereafter, the analysis unit 520 detects and specifies the hazardous chemicals remaining in the waste liquid, and transmits the hazardous chemical information to the neutralizing agent supply unit 620 as shown in FIG. 4(e), and the neutralizing agent supply unit 620 Among the neutralizing chemicals stored in the specified hazardous chemical and suitable neutralizing chemicals are supplied to the injection unit 200 to be sprayed into the internal space 110. Therefore, in the user 10, the affected area is neutralized by the neutralizing agent 40, and the used neutralizing agent and waste liquid containing harmful chemicals are discharged through the discharge unit 530 and moved to the storage unit 510. Afterwards, as shown in FIG. 4(f), after the above-described process, the affected area of the user 10 is washed, and some of the waste liquid containing the neutralized water 30 containing hazardous chemicals is sampled in the sample unit 530 ( 50), and is provided to the user 10 along with information including specified hazardous chemical information and neutral chemical supply information. In addition, the communication unit 700 transmits specified hazardous chemical and neutral drug supply information to terminals possessed by emergency medical staff and hospitals, so that the user 10 can receive treatment in a short time when visiting emergency medical staff and hospitals, It can minimize the user's damage caused by chemical leakage or leakage accidents.

5 shows the emergency response method (S1000) according to the emergency response system for exposure to harmful substances of the present invention: user detection step (S100), neutralizing water spraying step (S200), hazardous chemical substance determination step (S300), neutralizing agent determination step ( S400) and neutralizing agent spraying step (S500). Each step is explained as follows.

The user detection step (S100) is a step in which a sensor disposed inside the device detects a user entering the hazardous chemical contact emergency response device of the present invention.

The neutralizing water spraying step (S200) is a step of washing harmful chemicals contacting the user's body by spraying the neutralized water to the user. Preferably, the neutralized water spraying step (S200) proceeds automatically after detecting a user with a sensor in the user detecting step (S100).

The hazardous chemical substance determination step (S300) is a step of analyzing the waste fluid to specify the hazardous chemical substance in the waste fluid discharged after washing the hazardous chemical substance in contact with the user's body with the neutralized water sprayed in the neutralized water injection step (S200). .

The neutralizing chemical spraying step (S400) is a step of injecting a neutralizing chemical that neutralizes a specified hazardous chemical substance to the user after performing the hazardous chemical substance determination step (S300).

6 is another example, the emergency response method (S1000) according to the emergency response system for exposure to harmful substances of the present invention includes a waste liquid collection step (S500), an accident information provision step (S600), an accident information transmission step (S700), and a wound An embodiment further includes a photographing step (S800).

The waste liquid collection step (S500) is a step of washing the user's body with the neutralized water sprayed in the neutralized water spraying step (S200) and then collecting the waste liquid discharged from the hazardous substance exposure emergency response system. In addition, the waste liquid collection step (S500) includes a sample preparation step (S510), and the sample preparation step (S510) collects the waste liquid in which the neutralized water and harmful chemicals sprayed in the neutralized water spraying step (S200) are mixed. It is a step. A portion of the waste liquid collected during the waste liquid collection step (S500) is allocated for the hazardous chemical substance determination step (S300), and a part of the waste liquid is allocated for the sample preparation step (S510). After that, the remaining waste liquid is disposed in a separate waste liquid storage space for safe discharge and discharged by the manager who manages the hazardous substance exposure emergency response system. In the sample preparation step (S510), hazardous chemical substance information is delivered as a sample to a hospital or emergency medical team for rescue, which the user who has suffered an accident visits for later treatment, so that the treatment time is delayed due to the delay in specifying the hazardous chemical substance in the post-accident treatment step. Solve the problem of lengthening In addition, information can be accurately delivered to hospitals and emergency medical staff without requiring memory for users who are in a panic state after an accident. Apart from the waste liquid used in the sample preparation step (S510), the waste liquid of hazardous chemicals mixed with the neutralizing agent used in the neutralizing agent spraying step (S400) is a hazardous chemical substance determination step (S300) and a sample preparation step (S510). Since it is not used for, it is collected in the waste storage space to promote safe discharge of hazardous chemicals.

The accident information providing step (S600) is a step of providing the user with the hazardous chemical information specified in the hazardous chemical substance determination step (S300) and the sample produced in the sample production step (S510).

The accident information transmission step (S700) is a step of transmitting the hazardous chemical substance information specified in the hazardous chemical substance determination step (S300) to the terminal of the hospital and emergency medical staff. Therefore, hospitals and emergency medical staff can prepare treatment in advance by inferring the degree of the user's condition due to the accident, and it is possible to minimize the injured user who has been in an accident with a quick response.

The affected part photographing step (S800) is a step of photographing and recording the user from the user detection step (S100), and is a step of photographing and recording the user while performing the hazardous substance exposure emergency response method (S1000) of the present invention. Therefore, although it is performed after the user sensing step (S100) in FIG. 4, it goes without saying that the affected part photographing step (S800) can be performed in each step. Furthermore, the user may have an embodiment in which the affected part is selectively photographed directly, and the image and photo information taken through the affected part photographing step (S800) is carried by the hospital and emergency medical staff through the accident information transmission step (S700). sent to the terminal.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and the scope of application is diverse, and various modifications and implementations are possible without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the claims.

1000: Hazardous Substance Exposure Emergency Response System
100: body 110: inner space
200: injection unit 300: discharge unit
310: drain 320: drain pipe
400: sensor unit 500: collection unit
510: storage unit 520: analysis unit
530: sample unit 600: liquid supply unit
610: neutralized water supply unit 620: neutralized drug supply unit
700: communication unit 800: shooting unit
10: user 20: hazardous chemicals
21: leaked hazardous chemicals 30: neutralized water
40: Chinese medicine 50: sample
60: Hospital

Claims (7)

A body with an internal space;
a spraying unit disposed on at least one area of the body and spraying the supplied liquid into the inner space;
a liquid supply unit supplying liquid to the injection unit;
a discharge unit disposed on a lower surface of the inner space to discharge the waste liquid supplied from the injection unit;
a sensor unit disposed on an inner wall of the inner space to detect an entering user and to generate a signal to control the injection unit;
a collection unit for collecting the liquid collected in the discharge unit;
a photographing unit disposed on an inner wall of the inner space and photographing the affected area in contact with the user and harmful chemicals; and
In the hazardous substance exposure emergency response system including a; communication unit for transmitting and receiving information with an external terminal,
The collection unit, a storage unit for storing the waste liquid; an analysis unit that analyzes the waste liquid to specify hazardous chemicals; And a sample unit for providing a small amount of sample containing the waste liquid and hazardous chemical information specified in the analysis unit;
The sample unit prepares a small amount of the waste fluid discharged to the discharge unit as a sample in order to deliver the type and condition of the hazardous chemical substance in contact with the user's affected area to emergency medical staff and hospitals,
The communication unit transmits the hazardous chemical information specified in the analysis unit and the photographing information of the user's affected part captured by the photographing unit to emergency medical staff and terminals disposed in the hospital.
The method of claim 1, wherein the liquid supply unit
A neutralized water supply unit for supplying neutralized water to the injection unit; and
A hazardous substance exposure emergency response system comprising at least one neutralizing agent supply unit for supplying a neutralizing agent to the injection unit.
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When the sensor unit generates a signal, the neutralized water supply unit supplies neutralized water to the injection unit;
Then, selectively supplying a neutralizing agent from the neutralizing agent supplying unit to the injection unit according to the hazardous chemical substance specified in the analyzing unit.
Hazardous substance exposure emergency response system characterized by.
The method of claim 4, wherein the neutralizing agent supply unit
Exposure to harmful substances characterized in that the neutralizing drug disposed in the neutralizing drug supply unit is selected in consideration of at least one of hydrogen ion concentration (Ph) information, toxic component information, and characteristic information of the hazardous chemical specified in the analysis unit. emergency response system.
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