KR20220145013A - Methods and Apparatus for managing fall-down events - Google Patents

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention relates to a fall event management technology which detects, in real time, a patient's fall accident (referred to as a fall event) frequently occurring in a nursing facility, notifies (alarms) a person in charge such as a remote nurse/guardian to promptly take first action for the fall event, and in particular, enables immediate response and action to the fall event even when a predetermined person in charge cannot receive an alarm or is unaware of the alarm. A fall event management method performed by a fall management server comprises: a step (a) of constructing a first database (DB) in which multiple (1 to N) persons in charge (e.g., nurses/guardians/caregivers or the like) are registered in 1 to N priorities for each fall management area; a step (b) of, when occurrence of a fall patient is checked through a fall sensor, sequentially notifying occurrence of the corresponding fall event to a user terminal of each person in charge according to priorities of 1 to N until one of the corresponding multiple (1 to N) persons in charge registered in the first DB checks the corresponding fall event; and a step (c) of aborting subsequent sequential notifications and being terminated when a response confirming the corresponding fall event is received from one of 1 to N user terminals during sequential notification of the step (b).<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

Description

Methods and Apparatus for managing fall-down events}

The present invention relates to a technology for managing (eg, monitoring / disseminating) a fall event, and more particularly, a patient's fall accident (or, referred to as a fall event) that occurs frequently in a nursing facility, etc. It relates to a fall event management method and apparatus, which notifies a person in charge such as a nurse/guardian of a hospital to quickly take action on the fall event.

In general, in a rapidly increasing aging society, there is a demand for the development of health care services that help elderly people or pedestrians with reduced mobility to safely lead their daily lives.

As a result of a fall accident survey conducted by the Korea Life Safety Coalition on elderly people aged 65 and over in Seoul, it was found that 8 out of 10 seniors had experienced a fall.

Unlike younger people, even a small injury can be fatal for the elderly, and there is a high risk of falling or falling due to lack of balance or lack of balance due to weak strength.

Accordingly, there is a continuous need for the development of a technology that can quickly respond to the occurrence of a fall or a fall accident for the elderly. , falling while moving), attempts to apply safety solutions based on mmWave high-resolution radar that can protect privacy are increasing.

For example, as shown in FIG. 1 , by using an mmWave radar sensor that can protect privacy, the state of a patient's fall in a facility such as a nursing home is remotely monitored, and when a fall occurs, an alarm is sent to report the occurrence of the fall to the nursing home. A solution has been proposed that transmits information to staff in charge (nurse/caregiver, etc.) through a PC or smartphone.

However, according to the above-described solution of FIG. 1 , there is a problem that an immediate response and action may not be taken in a situation in which the nursing home nurse or guardian cannot receive the corresponding alarm.

Registered Patent Publication No. 10-1178936 (2012.08.27.)

The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, the purpose of which is to detect in real time a fall accident (referred to as a fall event) of a patient that occurs frequently in a nursing facility, etc., and notify the person in charge such as a remote nurse/guardian (alarm) In order to be able to promptly respond to and take action in response to the fall event, particularly in situations where a specific person is not able to receive the alarm or is unaware of the fall event, It is to provide a management method and apparatus.

In order to achieve the above object, a fall event management method according to an aspect of the present invention is a fall event management method performed by a fall management server. For example, a step for establishing a first DB (Database) registered with a priority of 1 to N by a nurse/guardian/caregiver, etc.); (b) When the occurrence of a fall patient is confirmed through the fall detection sensor, it is mentioned until the point in time when one of the corresponding multiple (1 to N) representatives registered in the first DB confirms the corresponding fall event through his or her user terminal for sequentially notifying the occurrence of the corresponding fall event to the user terminal of each person in charge according to the priority of 1 to N; and (c) when a response confirming the corresponding fall event is received from one of the user terminals 1 to N during the sequential notification of step (b), stopping and terminating the subsequent sequential notification, (d) establishing a second DB (Database) for real-time management of the working history status for the total available personnel including the person in charge registered in the first DB; (e) performing registration and update (change) of the person in charge of the first DB in real time based on the information of the second DB; And (f) may further include at least one of the steps for recording the sequential notification history of the steps (b) (c) in the DB, the real-time registration / update contents of the step (e) to the user terminal of the person in charge It may further include the step of notifying.

In order to achieve the above object, a fall event management apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention is a fall event management apparatus included in a fall management server, and includes multiple (1 to N) personnel (eg, nurses) for each fall management area A first DB (Database) for registering the /guardian / caregiver, etc.) with a priority of 1 to N; When the occurrence of a fall patient is confirmed through the fall detection sensor, the 1 to N an event notification unit for sequentially notifying the occurrence of the corresponding fall event to the user terminal of each person in charge (nurse/guardian) according to the priority of; and a notification termination unit for stopping and terminating subsequent sequential notifications when a response confirming the corresponding fall event is received from one of the user terminals of the 1 to N personnel during the sequential notification through the event notification unit, and , a second DB (Database) for real-time management of the working history status for the total available personnel including the person in charge registered in the first DB; a DB registration/update unit for registering and updating (change) the person in charge of the first DB in real time based on the information of the second DB; a notification unit in charge for notifying the real-time registration or update contents through the DB registration/update unit to the user terminal of the person in charge; and at least one of a notification recording unit for recording the sequential notification and interruption history in the DB.

According to another aspect of the present invention in order to achieve the above object, it is possible to provide a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for executing the method for managing the fall event on a computer.

According to another aspect of the present invention in order to achieve the above object, it is possible to provide an application stored in a computer-readable recording medium in order to execute the fall event management method in combination with hardware.

According to another aspect of the present invention in order to achieve the above object, there may be provided a computer program stored in a computer-readable recording medium in order to execute the method for managing the fall event on a computer.

As described above, according to various aspects of the present invention, a fall accident (fall event) of a patient that occurs frequently in a nursing facility is detected in real time and notified (alarm) to a person in charge such as a remote nurse/guardian, but reliability and accuracy of notification can be improved so that the first action can be taken quickly for the corresponding fall event.

In particular, by designating and registering multiple (1 to N) persons in charge (nurse/guardian, etc.) for each fall management area, the nurse (guardian) can check the fall event even in situations where a specific person in charge cannot receive the alarm or does not recognize it. By continuously delivering the fall event to the next designated nurse (guardian), it has the effect of increasing the reliability and accuracy of the fall event notification.

In addition, it is possible to further increase the reliability and accuracy of the fall event notification by performing the registration/renewal of the person in charge of the fall accident in real time based on the status of work history such as going to work, leaving work, business trip, vacation, or surgery.

1 is a diagram illustrating a general fall monitoring system;
2 is a block diagram of a fall event management system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a block diagram of an apparatus for managing a fall event according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 4 is an exemplary view of a list registration screen of the person in charge of the fall management server according to an embodiment of the present invention;
5 is an exemplary screen view of a user (person in charge) terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
6 is an exemplary view of a fall event propagation history screen of a fall management server according to an embodiment of the present invention;
7 is a flowchart of a fall event management method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, the same components are to have the same reference numerals as much as possible even though they are indicated in different drawings. In addition, when it is determined that a detailed description of a known configuration or function related to the embodiment of the present invention may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

2 is a block diagram of a fall event management system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in the figure, a communication network 1, a fall management server 3, a fall detection sensor 5, and a user It may include a terminal 7 .

The communication network 1 is a single or complex communication network for communication by connecting the fall management server 3, the fall detection sensor 5, and the user terminal 7 through wired, wireless and/or the Internet, etc. indicates.

The fall management server 3 detects a patient's fall accident (fall event) that occurs frequently in nursing facilities, etc. in real time through the fall detection sensor 5, and is a remote user terminal 7 used by a person in charge such as a nurse/guardian. Notification (alarm), but multiple (1~N) personnel (nurse/guardian, etc.) are designated and registered for each fall management area so that the nurse (guardian) falls By continuously delivering the fall event to the next designated nurse (guardian) until the time of event confirmation, it is possible to increase the reliability and accuracy of notification of the fall event.

The fall detection sensor 5 is installed in a hospital room or hallway, such as a nursing facility or hospital, to detect the occurrence of a patient's fall accident and transmit the corresponding fall (event) information to the fall management server 3 . As such, for example, it may include a mmWave (wavelength 1 to 10 mm, radio wave with a frequency of 30 to 300 GHz) radar sensor that can protect the patient's privacy.

The user terminal 7 is a terminal device of a user used by a person in charge such as a nurse/guardian, for example, a mobile communication terminal capable of voice communication, data communication, and Internet communication, PDA, smart phone, notebook/tablet/ personal PCs, and the like.

3 is a block diagram of a fall event management device 30 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, which may be included in the fall management server 3 of FIG. 2 , and as shown in the figure, the fall event management device 30 is a first DB (Database) 31, an event notification unit 32, a notification end unit 33, a notification record unit 34, a second DB (Database) 35, DB registration / update unit ( 36), and a responsible notification unit 37 .

The first DB (Database) 31 is a database for registering person in charge for each area, and multiple (1 to N) personnel (eg, nurse/guardian/caregiver, etc.) of 1 to N for each fall management area. You can register as a priority.

The first DB 31, as shown in the registration screen of the person in charge (guardian) list of the fall management server 3 illustrated in FIG. 4 , for each control area No. 301, No. 302, No. 401, No. In a way that sequentially registers guardians 1 to 4 (for example, name and phone number registration), the priority of 4 persons in charge (guardians) in each area is 1 to 4 (ie, guardian 1 is 1st, guardian 2 is 2) You can register as a priority, guardian 3 is 3rd priority, and guardian 4 is 4th).

The event notification unit 32 transmits the fall event to the end of the registered multiple nursing facility nurses or guardians in case of a fall patient to take immediate response and initial response, and through the fall detection sensor 5 When confirming the occurrence of a fall patient, any one of the corresponding multiple (1 to N) personnel registered in the first DB 31 reports the corresponding fall event through his or her user terminal (one of #1 to #N) (7). Until the time of confirmation, the occurrence of the corresponding fall event may be sequentially notified to the user terminal 7 of each person in charge (nurse/guardian) according to the priority of 1 to N.

For example, in accordance with the notification of the fall event of the event notification unit 32, the smart phone of the guardian 1 'Kim OO' as the user terminal 7, as illustrated in FIG. Received a push message such as 'I did it.' and displayed it on the screen, and then the 1st button of 'Fall patient confirmation' and the 2nd button of 'Fall patient confirmation not possible (parent 2 connection)' are displayed on the screen to display the user (guardian/guardian/ nurse, etc.) can select one of the two buttons and click it.

The notification termination unit 33 is for terminating the notification through the event notification unit 32 when a recognition response to the fall event is received from one of the multiple personnel for each area, for example, a fall through the event notification unit 32 . This is for stopping and terminating subsequent sequential notifications when a response confirming the corresponding fall event is received from one of the user terminals #1 to #N 7 of the 1 to N personnel in the sequential notification of the event.

For example, guardian 1 'Kim OO' receives a notification of a fall event from the fall management server 3 through his user terminal 7, and as exemplified in FIG. When the first button is selected and clicked among the button 1 and the second button of 'Cannot check the fall patient (connection with guardian 2)', the fall event management device 30 of the fall management server 3 activates the first button of the guardian 1 Receives the selection information of (that is, the response information that the guardian 1 confirms the corresponding fall event) from the user terminal 7, and accordingly, the notification termination unit 33 sequentially informs the guardian(s) after the guardian 1 It is possible to control the event notification unit 32 to stop and terminate.

As another example, guardian 1 'Kim OO' receives a notification of a fall event from the fall management server 3 through his user terminal 7, and the first of 'fall patient occurrence confirmation' displayed as illustrated in FIG. When the second button is selected and clicked among the button and the second button of 'Cannot confirm fall patient (connected with guardian 2)', the fall event management device 30 of the fall management server 3 is the second button of the guardian 1 Receives selection information (that is, the response information that protector 1 is in a state where the fall patient cannot be confirmed) from the user terminal 7, and accordingly, the event notification unit 32 is sent to the user terminal 7 of the protector 2 next to the protector 1 The corresponding fall event can be notified sequentially.

As another example, guardian 1 'Kim OO' receives a notification of a fall event from the fall management server 3 through his user terminal 7, and as exemplified in FIG. When neither button 1 nor the button 2 of 'Cannot confirm fall patient (parent 2 connection)' is not selected and a preset time (for example, about 90 seconds) has elapsed from the notification time (that is, the fall event notification In the case of non-response), the fall event management device 30 of the fall management server 3 sends the user terminal #1 of the corresponding guardian 1 within a preset time (for example, about 90 seconds) from the time of notification of the fall event. 7) does not receive any response, and accordingly, the event notification unit 32 may sequentially notify the corresponding fall event to the user terminals #2 and 7 of the guardian 2 next to the guardian 1.

In this way, the event notification unit 32 sequentially disseminates the fall event until one of the registered nurses or guardians, etc., recognizes the fall event and can respond immediately when a fall patient occurs. It can enable the person in charge to take immediate response and first responders to a person who has fallen.

Therefore, by designating and registering multiple (1 to N) persons in charge (nurse/guardian, etc.) for each fall management area, even in situations in which a specific person in charge cannot receive the alarm or does not recognize it, the nurse (guardian) can check the fall event until the time of confirmation. By continuously forwarding the fall event to the next designated nurse (caregiver), it is possible to increase the reliability and accuracy of notification of the fall event.

The notification recording unit 34 is to record sequential notification history information in the event notification unit 32 and sequential notification interruption history information in the notification termination unit 33 in the DB, for example, the phase management server ( As exemplified in the fall event propagation history screen in 3), for the fall event that occurred on 5/20 in Room 301, 'Kim OO', the first guardian of the first rank, was sent (fall patient) at 19:37 on 5/20. Record the response history, etc., and for the fall event that occurred on 7/3 in Room 403, the first guardian 1 'Seok OO' confirmed (fall patient) at 06:03 on 7/3 You can record the response history saying it is impossible, and then record the response history that the 3rd-ranked guardian 3 'Kim OO' confirmed it at 06:03 on 7/3, and these records can be printed out. .

The second DB (Database) 35 is for real-time management of the working history status of the total available personnel including the person in charge registered in the first DB 31 , for example, going to work and leaving the office for each of the total available personnel. It is possible to record and manage work history status information such as business trips, vacations, and surgeries in real time.

The DB registration/update unit 36 is for real-time registration and update (change) of the person in charge of the first DB 31 based on the work history status information of the second DB 35, for example, If any one of the guardians 1 to 4 for each control area registered in FIG. 4 is changed from the normal commuting working state to the business trip or operation state, this state is reflected and the guardian is selected among the total available personnel of the second DB (35). You can register by replacing it with another person who is in normal working condition.

Therefore, registration/renewal of the person in charge of a fall accident is performed in real time based on the status of work history such as going to work, leaving work, business trip, vacation, or during surgery (that is, real-time registration/renewal of the person in charge who can take immediate action on a fall accident) ) to further increase the reliability and accuracy of notification of a fall event.

The in charge notification unit 37 is for notifying the real-time registration or update contents through the DB registration/update unit 36 to the user terminal 7 of the person in charge, and the real-time registration or update through the DB registration/update unit 36 By notifying the relevant person in charge of the update, it is possible to recognize in real time in which area the person in charge is registered with what rank.

7 is a flowchart of a method for managing a fall event according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Since it is applied to the fall management server 3 of FIGS. 2-3, the operation of the server 3 and related devices 5 and 7 explained in parallel with

First, as illustrated in FIG. 4 , multiple (1 to N) personnel (eg, nurses / guardians / caregivers, etc.) for each fall management area are registered with a priority of 1 to N first DB 31 (S701), and the work history status (for example, work history status information such as going to work, leaving work, business trip, vacation, during surgery, etc.) for the total available personnel including the person in charge registered in the first DB 31 A second DB 35 for real-time management is built (S703).

Next, registration and update (change) of the person in charge of the first DB 31 is performed based on the real-time work history status information of the second DB 35, for example, the guardian for each control area registered in FIG. If any one of 1 to 4 is changed from the normal commuting status to the business trip or operation status, the guardian is replaced with another person who is currently working normally among the total available personnel of the second DB (35) by reflecting this status to register (S705), and notify the relevant person in charge of the real-time registration or update in step S705 so that the person in charge can recognize in real time in which area and in what rank the person in charge is registered (S707).

Next, when the occurrence of a fall event is confirmed through the fall detection sensor 5 (S709), until the point in time when one of the corresponding multiple (1 to N) representatives registered in the first DB 31 confirms the fall event According to the priority of 1 to N, the occurrence of the corresponding fall event is sequentially notified to the user terminal 7 of each person in charge (nurse/guardian) (S711).

During the sequential notification of the fall event through step S711, if a response confirming the fall event is received from one of the user terminals (#1 to #N) 7 of 1 to N in charge, the subsequent sequential notification is stopped and terminated After (S715), as illustrated in the fall event propagation history screen of the fall management server 3 of FIG. 6, sequential notification history information through step S711 and sequential notification interruption history information in steps S713 to S715 are stored in the DB It records, and outputs these records through screen display and/or printing according to the administrator's selection (S717).

On the other hand, according to the method for managing a fall event of the present invention described above, a computer-readable recording medium in which a program for executing the method is recorded on a computer can be implemented. On the other hand, according to the method for managing a fall event of the present invention described above An application stored in a computer-readable recording medium may be implemented in order to execute the method in combination with hardware.

On the other hand, according to the method for managing a fall event of the present invention described above, it is possible to implement a computer program stored in a computer-readable recording medium in order to execute the method in a computer.

For example, as described above, the method for managing a fall event of the present invention according to an exemplary embodiment includes a computer-readable recording medium including program instructions for performing various computer-implemented operations or an application stored in the recording medium. can be implemented. The computer-readable recording medium may include program instructions, local data files, local data structures, and the like alone or in combination. The recording medium may be specially designed and configured for the embodiment of the present invention, or may be known and used by a person skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include hard disks, magnetic media such as floppy disks and magnetic tapes, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floppy disks, and ROMs, RAMs, flash memories, and the like. Hardware devices specially configured to store and execute the same program instructions are included. Examples of program instructions may include high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like as well as machine language codes such as those generated by a compiler.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical spirit of the present invention, and various modifications and variations will be possible without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical spirit of the present invention, but to explain, and the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be construed by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent range should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

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As a fall event management method performed by a fall management server,
(a) a step for establishing a first DB (Database) in which multiple (1 to N) personnel in each fall management area are registered with a priority of 1 to N;
(b) When the occurrence of a fall patient is confirmed through the fall detection sensor, it is mentioned until the point in time when one of the corresponding multiple (1 to N) representatives registered in the first DB confirms the corresponding fall event through his or her user terminal for sequentially notifying the occurrence of the corresponding fall event to the user terminal of each person in charge according to the priority of 1 to N; and
(c) when a response confirming the corresponding fall event is received from one of the user terminals 1 to N during the sequential notification of step (b), stopping and terminating the subsequent sequential notification;
Fall event management method comprising a. According to claim 1,
(d) establishing a second DB (Database) for real-time management of the working history status for the total available personnel including the person in charge registered in the first DB; and
(e) performing registration and update (change) of the person in charge of the first DB in real time based on the information of the second DB; Fall event management method further comprising a. 3. The method of claim 2,
Fall event management method, characterized in that it further comprises the step of notifying the real-time registration / update of the step (e) to the user terminal of the person in charge. According to claim 1,
The work history state is a fall event management method, characterized in that it includes at least one of attendance, leave, business trip, vacation, and surgery. According to claim 1,
(f) Fall event management method, characterized in that it further comprises the step of recording the sequential notification history of the steps (b) (c) in the DB. According to claim 1,
The fall detection sensor is a fall event management method, characterized in that it comprises a mmWave radar sensor. As a fall event management device included in the fall management server,
a first DB (Database) for registering multiple (1 to N) personnel in priority of 1 to N for each fall management area;
When the occurrence of a fall patient is confirmed through the fall detection sensor, the 1 to N an event notification unit for sequentially notifying the occurrence of the corresponding fall event to the user terminal of each person in charge according to the priority of ; and
a notification termination unit for stopping and terminating subsequent sequential notifications when a response confirming the corresponding fall event is received from one of the user terminals of the 1 to N personnel during the sequential notification through the event notification unit;
A fall event management device comprising a. 8. The method of claim 7,
a second DB (Database) for real-time management of the working history status for the total available personnel including the person in charge registered in the first DB; and
The fall event management apparatus further comprising a; DB registration/update unit for performing registration and update (change) of the person in charge of the first DB in real time based on the information of the second DB. 9. The method of claim 8,
Fall event management apparatus, characterized in that it further comprises a responsible notification unit for notifying the real-time registration or update contents through the DB registration / update unit to the user terminal of the person in charge. 9. The method of claim 8,
The work history state is a fall event management device, characterized in that it includes at least one of attendance, leave, business trip, vacation, and surgery. 8. The method of claim 7,
Fall event management device, characterized in that it further comprises a notification recording unit for recording the sequential notification and interruption history in the DB. 8. The method of claim 7,
The fall detection sensor is a fall event management device, characterized in that it comprises a mmWave radar sensor. A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for executing the method for managing the fall event of any one of claims 1 to 6 on a computer. An application stored in a computer-readable recording medium in order to execute the method for managing the fall event of any one of claims 1 to 6 in combination with hardware. A computer program stored in a computer-readable recording medium in order to execute the method for managing the fall event of any one of claims 1 to 6 on a computer.

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