Anesthesia recordkeeping and monitoring system (ARMS)

Author

Edmonds, H.L., Jr. ; Paloheimo, M.P.J. ; Murray, T.M., Jr. ; Williams, S.T.

Author_Institution

Louisville Univ., KY, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

4-7 Nov. 1988

Abstract

ARMS was designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of patient monitoring and recordkeeping. An IBM PS/2-based controller provides automatic acquisition of digitized RS-232C physiologic signals from existing medical monitors. Rapid, standardized manual entry of patient data and pertinent events is achieved by mouse-controlled pull-down menus. This information is archived in Lotus 1-2-3 format. Effectiveness of visual information is increased by an integrated single display of cerebral perfusion/oxygenation, cardiopulmonary function, anesthetic delivery/adequacy, and neuromuscular blockade. A speech synthesizer generates specific verbal warnings or error conditions. These unambiguous auditory warnings can increase patient safety by decreasing physician response time.<>

Keywords

computerised monitoring; medical administrative data processing; IBM PS/2-based controller; Lotus 1-2-3 format; anaesthesia recordkeeping; cardiopulmonary function; digitized RS-232C physiologic signals; integrated single display; mouse-controlled pull-down menus; neuromuscular blockade; patient monitoring; physician response time decrease; speech synthesizer; standardized manual entry; verbal warnings;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1988. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0785-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1988.1605537

Filename

1605537