Description of the vital signs monitor
- Patient monitoring in various intensive wards (A&R, ICU, cardio ICU, neonatal ICU, emergency service, MRI, etc.) or “home-care”
- Monitoring the limits of monitored parameters through alarm management (acoustic/sound, GSM, pagers)
- Stand alone vs. possibility of network cooperation (centre)
- Possibility of integration to IT systems – KIS (Clinical information system)/NIS (Hospital information system)
- Monitoring of the entire range of parameters, see focus…
Vital signs monitors
Standard set-up of the vital signs monitor:
- ECG
- SpO2
- NIBP – non-invasive blood pressure (oscillometric method)
- Temperature (2x)
- Optionally:
- IBP – invasive blood pressure (1-4x)
- etCO2 – capnometry (mainstream technology)
- other modules (EEG, NIRS, CO, etc.)