Alarm method and device of ICU equipment and computer readable storage medium
By using intelligent hierarchical alarms and noise monitoring, the problems of frequent alarms and nighttime noise in ICU equipment have been solved, resulting in fewer invalid alarms and lower noise levels, thus improving the efficiency of medical staff and patient recovery.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202511236107.0
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-09-01
- Publication Date
- 2025-11-21
AI Technical Summary
Too frequent or inaccurate alarms from medical equipment in the ICU can lead to fatigue among medical staff, increased noise during nighttime nursing procedures, and negatively impact patient safety and recovery.
By acquiring equipment alarm parameters and noise decibel parameters, intelligent hierarchical alarms are implemented, which are then linked to nursing equipment and nursing operation guidance is sent to reduce nighttime noise and invalid alarms.
It reduces invalid alarms by more than 80%, reduces fatigue among medical staff, keeps nighttime noise levels below 40 decibels, shortens ICU stays by 1-2 days, and improves the efficiency of critical alarm response.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of medical equipment, in particular to an alarm method and device of ICU equipment and a computer readable storage medium. BACKGROUND
[0002] The medical equipment in ICU usually generates a large number of alarm signals, which are sometimes too frequent or not accurate enough, resulting in alarm fatigue of medical staff, and reducing their sensitivity and trust in alarms, ignoring or even turning off some non-urgent alarms, which may lead to the neglect of truly urgent alarms, thereby affecting the safety of patients.
[0003] According to the prior art, there is an intensive care intelligent alarm management system based on Internet of Things, with publication number CN105678092B, which includes a data acquisition and control module, a communication module and a central monitoring system. The data acquisition and control module acquires the running state data of the ICU monitoring equipment and the vital sign data of the patient in real time, and sends the acquired ICU monitoring equipment running state data and patient vital sign data to the central monitoring system. The central monitoring system analyzes and processes the ICU monitoring equipment running state data, identifies the type number and working state of the ICU monitoring equipment, and performs emergency classification alarm on the equipment fault information. The central monitoring system compares the patient vital sign data with the set alarm range value in real time, and performs emergency classification alarm on the patient vital sign abnormal data. The equipment fault information and patient vital sign abnormal data are classified and alarmed respectively, the equipment fault has three levels of alarm, and the patient vital sign abnormal data also has three levels of alarm, but these alarms are all transmitted to the medical staff, and the medical staff is still prone to alarm fatigue.
[0004] In addition, night nursing operation produces noise, increases the number of sleep interruptions of patients, increases the ICU hospitalization time, and slows down the recovery speed. SUMMARY
[0005] The technical problem to be solved by the present application is to overcome the defects of the above prior art, and to provide an alarm method, device and computer readable storage medium of ICU equipment which reduces invalid alarms and reduces noise of night nursing operation.
[0006] In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical scheme of the present application is as follows: an alarm method of ICU equipment, comprising the following steps:
[0007] S1, respectively acquiring alarm parameters of each device, ICU ward noise decibel parameters and corridor noise decibel parameters;
[0008] S2, processing the alarm parameters, and performing emergency classification alarm on the alarm parameters according to the set alarm level;
[0009] S3, processing the ICU ward noise decibel parameter and the corridor noise decibel parameter, and sending the nursing operation guidance to the medical staff according to the set noise threshold linkage nursing equipment.
[0010] After the above method, the present application has the following advantages compared with the prior art: the alarm parameters of each device (ICU device) such as abnormal heart rate value, ventilator pressure deviation, light pressure fluctuation, and consumable amount are obtained, intelligent grading and dynamic reminding of ICU device alarm are performed, invalid alarm is reduced, and alarm fatigue of medical staff is relieved; meanwhile, through intelligent monitoring and intervention, night nursing operation noise is reduced, interference on patients is reduced, and rehabilitation is promoted.
[0011] As a preferred, the emergency grading alarm is divided into three levels: first-level alarm, second-level alarm, and third-level alarm.
[0012] The first-level alarm has the highest priority, and is directly related to abnormality of life safety.
[0013] The second-level alarm has the second priority, and needs to pay attention to abnormality that is not immediately life-threatening.
[0014] The third-level alarm has the lowest priority, and is a device state prompt, which reduces invalid alarm by more than 80%, reduces alarm fatigue of medical staff, improves key alarm response efficiency, and reduces medical risk.
[0015] As a preferred, when the alarm parameter is processed to be a first-level alarm, an audible and light alarm and a medical staff bracelet vibration are triggered.
[0016] As a preferred, when the alarm parameter is processed to be a second-level alarm, a central terminal pop-up window and a designated nurse station are reminded.
[0017] As a preferred, when the alarm parameter is processed to be a third-level alarm, a log is recorded and displayed for medical staff to check.
[0018] As a preferred, the method further comprises:
[0019] The alarm intelligent processing module is used to collect alarm parameters of each device, and a three-level alarm mechanism is established in combination with the severity of the patient's condition.
[0020] As a preferred, the method further comprises:
[0021] The central control terminal is used to integrate alarm data and noise monitoring data, analyze alarm effectiveness and noise sources through an algorithm, and generate a daily report to provide a basis for management optimization.
[0022] As a preferred, the method further comprises:
[0023] The user interaction interface is used for medical staff to view real-time alarm classification and noise state, manually adjust parameter threshold, support alarm history query and noise tracing.
[0024] An alarm device of an ICU equipment, comprising:
[0025] A memory for storing computer executable instructions;
[0026] A processor for executing the computer executable instructions to realize the alarm method of the ICU equipment according to any one of the above.
[0027] A computer readable storage medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon, the computer executable instructions being used to make the computer execute the alarm method of the ICU equipment according to any one of the above. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0028] Figure 1 is a flowchart of the alarm method of the ICU equipment of the present application.
[0029] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the alarm device of the ICU equipment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0030] The present application will be further described below in combination with the drawings and specific embodiments.
[0031] Figure 1 is a flowchart of the alarm method of the ICU equipment of the present application, the present application provides an alarm method of an ICU equipment, comprising the following steps:
[0032] S1, respectively acquiring alarm parameters of each device, ICU ward noise decibel parameters and corridor noise decibel parameters;
[0033] S2, processing the alarm parameters, and classifying the alarm parameters according to the set alarm level for emergency classification alarm;
[0034] S3, processing the ICU ward noise decibel parameters and the corridor noise decibel parameters, and according to the set noise threshold value, linking the nursing equipment and sending the nursing operation guide to the medical staff.
[0035] Compared with the prior art, the present application has the following advantages: acquiring alarm parameters of each device (ICU equipment), such as abnormal heart rate value, ventilator pressure deviation, light pressure fluctuation, and consumable amount, intelligently classifying and dynamically reminding the ICU equipment alarm, reducing invalid alarm, and relieving the alarm fatigue of medical staff; at the same time, through intelligent monitoring and intervention, reducing the noise of night nursing operation, reducing the interference to patients, and promoting rehabilitation.
[0036] Reduce invalid alarm by more than 80%, reduce alarm fatigue of medical staff, improve key alarm response efficiency, reduce medical risk; Night noise can be controlled below 40 decibels, reduce patient sleep interruption, shorten ICU hospitalization time (experimental data shows that the average is shortened by 1-2 days).
[0037] The steps of the alarm method of the ICU device of the present application are described in detail below.
[0038] S1, respectively, obtain the alarm parameters of each device, the ICU ward noise decibel parameter and the corridor noise decibel parameter.
[0039] Specifically, the alarm intelligent processing module is used to collect the alarm parameters of each device, and the alarm parameters include the running state parameters of the device itself, which are related to the normal operation of the device, such as consumable reserves, power, etc.; The alarm parameters also include various parameters detected for the patient, such as heart rate abnormal value, ventilator pressure deviation, light pressure fluctuation, etc., which are mainly determined according to the specific ICU device, such as vital sign monitor for monitoring the basic physiological parameters of the patient, such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiration, temperature, etc. Vital signs monitor can monitor multiple lead ECG, blood pressure (invasive or non-invasive), respiration, blood oxygen saturation, temperature, etc. waveform or parameter in real time and dynamically.
[0040] S2, process the alarm parameters, and alarm according to the set alarm level.
[0041] Specifically, the alarm intelligent processing module is used to collect the alarm parameters of each device (such as heart rate abnormal value, ventilator pressure deviation, etc.), combined with the severity of the patient's condition (obtained through the electronic medical record interface), to establish a three-level alarm mechanism. The three-level alarm mechanism includes first-level alarm, second-level alarm and third-level alarm.
[0042] Specifically, the first-level alarm has the highest priority, directly related to the abnormality of life safety (such as cardiac arrest), triggering sound and light alarm and medical staff bracelet vibration (locating the nearest personnel). The sound and light alarm is realized by the sound and light alarm.
[0043] Specifically, the second-level alarm has the second priority, and the abnormality needs to be paid attention to but not immediately life-threatening (such as mild blood pressure fluctuation), which is only reminded in the central terminal pop-up window and designated nurse station.
[0044] Specifically, the third-level alarm has the lowest priority, and the device state prompt (such as low consumable reserve) only records the log and displays when the medical staff patrols.
[0045] The alarm intelligent processing module includes a collection module and a comparison module, the collection module is used to collect the alarm parameters of each device, and the comparison module is used to compare the collected alarm parameters with the corresponding normal parameters, and the difference exceeding the set range sends a signal to the central control terminal for alarm.
[0046] Specifically, the central control terminal integrates alarm data and noise monitoring data, analyzes alarm effectiveness and noise sources through an algorithm, generates a daily report (such as invalid alarm proportion, nighttime noise peak period), and provides a basis for management optimization. Further, it also includes a user interaction interface for medical staff to view real-time alarm classification, noise status, manually adjust parameter thresholds, support alarm history query and noise tracing.
[0047] S3, processing the ICU ward noise decibel parameter and the corridor noise decibel parameter, and sending the nursing operation guidance to the medical staff according to the set noise threshold linkage nursing equipment.
[0048] Specifically, the central control terminal is linked with the nursing equipment; noise sensors are deployed to monitor the ICU ward and corridor noise decibels in real time, the noise sensor collects the ICU ward noise decibel parameter and the corridor noise decibel parameter and processes them, when the noise exceeds the threshold (set nighttime threshold, such as ≤40 decibels), sends a signal to the central control terminal for alarm, the central control terminal sends a signal to link the nursing equipment, and automatically prompts the operation of related equipment (such as reducing the volume of breathing machine prompt sound, turning off unnecessary device indicator light). The nursing equipment is the equipment in the ICU.
[0049] Specifically, the nursing operation guidance is sent to the medical staff, mainly through the medical staff's bracelet to send "quiet operation prompt" (such as light lifting of materials, low voice communication), and limit the alarm volume of non-emergency equipment (only keep the first level alarm sound and light prompt) during the key period at night (such as 22:00-6:00).
[0050] The central control terminal communicates with the alarm intelligent processing module, the nighttime noise control module, and the alarm module respectively, the alarm intelligent processing module includes an acquisition module and a comparison module; the nighttime noise control module includes a comparison module and a noise sensor module; the alarm module includes a light and sound alarm and a bracelet worn on the medical staff.
[0051] The embodiment of the application also provides an alarm device of an ICU equipment, which includes a memory for storing computer executable instructions, and a processor for executing the computer executable instructions to realize the alarm method of the ICU equipment.
[0052] The embodiment of the application also provides a computer readable storage medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon, and the computer executable instructions are used to make the computer execute the alarm method of the ICU equipment.
[0053] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that embodiments of the present application can be devised for a method, a system, or a computer program product. Accordingly, the present application can take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present application can take the form of a computer program product on one or more computer readable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROMs, optical storage devices, etc.) embodying computer readable program code thereon for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system. For the purposes of this description, a computer usable or computer readable storage medium can be any apparatus that can contain, store, communicate, propagate, or transport the program for use by or in connection with the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.
[0054] The present application also intends to include various changes or modifications to the above-described scheme that do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present application, provided that these changes and modifications fall within the scope of the claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. An alarm method of an ICU device, characterized by: Comprise the following steps: S1, respectively, obtain the alarm parameters of each device, ICU ward noise decibel parameters and corridor noise decibel parameters; S2, the alarm parameter parameter is handled, and the alarm parameter is classified alarm according to the set alarm level; S3, the ICU ward noise decibel parameter and the corridor noise decibel parameter are handled, and the nursing equipment is linked according to the set noise threshold value and the nursing operation guide is sent to the medical staff.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein: The emergency classification alarm is divided into three levels: first-level alarm, second-level alarm and third-level alarm; The first-level alarm has the highest priority, and is directly related to the abnormality of life safety; The second-level alarm has the second priority, and needs to pay attention to but is not immediately life-threatening; The third-level alarm has the lowest priority, and is a device state prompt.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein: When the alarm parameter parameter is handled to be first-level alarm, sound and light alarm and medical staff bracelet vibration are triggered.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein: When the alarm parameter parameter is handled to be second-level alarm, the central terminal pop-up window and the designated nurse station are reminded.
5. The method of claim 2, wherein: When the alarm parameter parameter is handled to be third-level alarm, the log is recorded, and the medical staff is displayed.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein: The method further comprises: Using the alarm intelligent processing module to collect the alarm parameters of each device, combining the severity of the patient's condition, establishing a three-level alarm mechanism.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein: The method further comprises: Using the central control terminal to integrate alarm data and noise monitoring data, analyzing alarm effectiveness and noise source through algorithm, generating daily report, and providing basis for management optimization.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein: The method further comprises; Using the user interaction interface to provide medical staff to view real-time alarm classification, noise state, manually adjust parameter threshold, support alarm history query and noise traceability.
9. An alarm device for an ICU apparatus, characterized by: Comprise: Memory, for storing computer executable instructions; Processor, for executing the computer executable instructions to realize the alarm method of the ICU device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8.
10. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer- executable instructions, wherein, The computer executable instructions are used to make the computer execute the alarm method of the ICU device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8.