Emergency Care Data Transmission via Local Storage and Intermediary Buffering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for treating sudden health issues, such as cardiac arrest, face challenges in efficiently transmitting and storing information about caregiver treatments and victim health status, particularly in emergency situations where timely and informed decision-making is critical.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising computing devices that receive and transmit information about caregiver treatments and victim health status, including ECG traces, using secure protocols, allowing for the storage and display of treatment events and health data, even after the initial treatment device is disconnected from the victim.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If treatment information and health status data are transmitted in real-time during emergency care, then informed decision-making is improved, but communication reliability deteriorates due to unstable emergency environments
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by storing treatment information and health status data locally in the first computing device before transmission occurs. This ensures data is captured and preserved even in unstable emergency environments where real-time transmission may fail, allowing informed decision-making to proceed when connectivity is restored.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a second computing device as an intermediary that receives transmitted data and can store it in a database. This intermediary acts as a buffer between the first computing device in the emergency scene and remote systems, ensuring data persistence and enabling reliable access to treatment information without requiring continuous real-time communication.
2Manufacturing precision
If detailed treatment information and ECG traces are stored and transmitted, then care quality is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the data storage and processing functions across multiple devices. The first computing device captures and stores treatment information and ECG traces locally, while the second computing device receives and can store this data in a database. This segmentation allows detailed data collection for high-quality care without requiring a single complex device to handle all functions, distributing the complexity burden.
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AI summary
A system includes a first computing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory. The processor and the memory are configured to receive at least one of (i) information indicative of treatment of a victim by a first caregiver using the first computing device and (ii) information indicative of a health status of the victim; determine that treatment of the victim by the first caregiver using the first computing device is completed; and transmit the received information to a second computing device.