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Sensors in Medicine

Sensors in Medicine. Professor Monique Frize, P. Eng., O.C. Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University and School of Information Technology and Engineering, University of Ottawa. Medical Instrumentation. Diagnostic Therapy Monitoring. Patient type. Emergency medicine

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Sensors in Medicine

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  1. Sensors in Medicine • Professor Monique Frize, • P. Eng., O.C. • Systems and Computer Engineering, • Carleton University • and • School of Information Technology and Engineering, University of Ottawa

  2. Medical Instrumentation Diagnostic Therapy Monitoring

  3. Patient type • Emergency medicine • Operating rooms • Critical care units • Obstetrics • Pediatrics • Adults • Palliative care

  4. Medical Specialties • Medical Imaging • Laboratory and pathology • Cardiology and cardiac surgery • Neurology and Neurosurgery • Dialysis and nephrology • Urology • Gastro-enterology • Ophtalmology, ENT (ear, nose and throat)

  5. Overview neonatal equipment • http://www.neonatalogy.org/tour/equipment.html

  6. Example: Bring a premature, sick baby to CHEO from Iqualuit • NEEDS: • The baby stays at CHEO until stabilized and well • The baby has cardiac and respiration problems, losing heat quickly • Ensure the proper monitoring and care for the infant • The parents aren’t able to stay for the full five months in Ottawa, therefore find a way to keep parents updated and informed

  7. First Step • Contact CHEO via phone from the hospital in Iqualuit and notify them about the arrival of the baby and its current status • Maintain communication during the trip using radio contact

  8. Procedure, continued... • Use a helicopter for the flight • During the flight there will be a travel incubator to keep the baby warm • An apnea monitor will check the baby’s breathing • An ECG monitor will display the baby’s heart rate • There will be a paramedic to watch over the baby, as well as the baby’s parents • A ventilator may be needed and a pulse oximeter

  9. Next Steps at CHEO • The baby will be transferred to a stationary incubator in the neonatal intensive care at CHEO, will have the apnea monitor, the cardiac monitor, and ventilator if respiratory problems, oximeter • The infant is attended on a 24 hour basis by nurses and physicians (neonatalogists) • There are automatic alarms to notify of problems • The baby’s parents will be close to their baby for a few nights

  10. After the parents leave... • The parents will stay in touch with the hospital, by using the internet and the phone • There will be a video monitor so the family will be able to see their baby • The parents will be updated about their baby’s progress • The internet web site will be secure, along with a password protected access that only parents and the assigned physicians and nurses can access

  11. Keeping in touch • Bi-Weekly Updates on telephone with doctors. • Web-cam tapes child 24/7, and is broadcasted to the family over the internet, using a password protected site, that only the family and hospital are able to access and update, constantly. • And frequent emails updating the family on infant’s specific condition • Talk to baby/sing to baby through internet technology or telephone

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