DIALYSIS TREATMENT SIMULATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20140205981A1
• Filed: 01/18/2013
• Published: 07/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Incorporated (Fresenius Medical Care AG)
• Original Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Incorporated (Fresenius Medical Care AG)
• Inventors: Ryder, Patricia A.
• Application Number:
  US13/744,983
• Publication Number:
  US 20140205981A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/262
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/28 for medicine
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/06 of the multiple-choice answer-type, i.e. where a given question is provided with a series of answers and a choice has to be made from the answers

Abstract

A dialysis treatment simulation system and method are provided that comprise a treatment simulator, a computing module, and a user interface. The treatment simulator generates an event notification that simulates a notification of an event related to an interaction between a dialysis treatment machine and a patient. The computing module generates a request for a user action in response to the simulated event notification. The user interface outputs the simulated event notification and the request for the user action to an output device and provides a received user response to the computing module.

Claims

1. A dialysis treatment simulation system, comprising:

a treatment simulator that simulates an event notification related to an interaction between a dialysis treatment machine and a patient;

a computing module that generates a request for a user action in response to the simulated event notification; and

a user interface that outputs the simulated event notification and the request for the user action to an output device and provides a received user response to the computing module.

2. The dialysis treatment simulation system of claim 1, wherein the computing module generates a multiple choice question and one or more possible answers to the multiple choice question, and wherein the received user response includes a user-selected answer of the one of the computer module-generated possible answers.

3. The dialysis treatment simulation system of claim 1, wherein the computing module generates a question and a blank field, and wherein the user action includes entering a response to the question in the blank field.

4. The dialysis treatment simulation system of claim 1, wherein the computing module processes a response to the request for the user action input to the user interface by an operator.

5. The dialysis treatment simulation system of claim 1, wherein the treatment simulator generates simulation data related to the interaction between the dialysis treatment machine and the patient, the simulation data simulating treatment parameters related to the interaction between the dialysis treatment machine and the patient.

6. The dialysis treatment simulation system of claim 5, wherein the event notification is displayed in response to a simulated treatment parameter exceeding a treatment parameter threshold.

7. The dialysis treatment simulation system of claim 1, wherein the event notification simulates at least one of an alarm notification, a warning notification, or a status advisory notification.

8. The dialysis treatment simulation system of claim 7, wherein the event notification simulates an abnormal event related to a dialysis treatment.

9. The dialysis treatment simulation system of claim 1, wherein the user interface provides the event notification with a graphical element to a visual display.

10. The dialysis treatment simulation system of claim 9, wherein the graphical element includes at least one of a window, a menu, a radio button, a check box, a status box, an icon, or a display field.

11. The dialysis treatment simulation system of claim 1, further comprising a results processor that determines from the received user response a competence level of a user with respect to operating the dialysis treatment machine.

12. The dialysis treatment simulation system of claim 1, wherein the output device is at least one device selected from a computer display, a tablet computer, and a mobile device.

13. The dialysis treatment simulation system of claim 1, further comprising a timer that determines whether a user responds to a presented question within a predetermined period of time.

14. The dialysis treatment simulation system of claim 1, wherein the system is operated by at least one of a healthcare practitioner, a dialysis patient, or a technical service personnel for training on the operation of the dialysis treatment machine.

15. A computer-implemented method for performing a dialysis treatment simulation, comprising:

generating an event notification that simulates an event notification related to an interaction between a dialysis treatment machine and a patient;

generating a request for a user action in response to the simulated event notification;

outputting the simulated event notification and the request for the user action to an output device; and

processing a received user response to the request for the user action.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein outputting the request includes displaying, at a treatment display, a menu of options for a user to select from.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein at least one of the menu options corresponds to a correct action for addressing the displayed simulated event notification.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein generating an event notification comprises executing computer code that simulates the event notification.

19. A method of simulation for training a trainee of a dialysis treatment machine, comprising:

displaying, at a display, an event notification related to a simulated dialysis treatment;

performing a response activation;

displaying, at the display, a question regarding the displayed event notification; and

processing a response to the question.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein performing the response activation includes selecting a button at the display.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein displaying the question includes displaying, at the display, a menu of options for a user to select from.

22. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

generating a multiple choice question and one or more possible answers to the multiple choice question; and

selecting an answer of the one or more possible answers as the response.

23. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

generating a question and a blank field; and

entering the response at the blank field.

24. The method of claim 19, wherein the event notification simulates a notification of an event related to an interaction between the dialysis treatment machine and a patient.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising generating simulation data related to the interaction between the dialysis treatment machine and the patient, the simulation data simulating treatment parameters related to the interaction between the dialysis treatment machine and the patient.

26. The method of claim 19, wherein the event notification simulates at least one of an alarm notification, a warning notification, or a status advisory notification.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the event notification simulates an abnormal event related to a dialysis treatment.

28. The method of claim 19, further comprising determining from the response a competence level of a user entering the response with respect to user operating the dialysis treatment machine.

29. The method of claim 19, further comprising determining whether a user responds to a presented question within a predetermined period of time.

30. A system for training a trainee about a self-care medical procedure, the training system comprising:

a computing module that includes an operation to be learned related to a dialysis treatment, the computing module constructed and arranged to generate a request for a user action related to the operation to be learned;

a simulated treatment display screen that displays the request; and

a results processor that processes a response to the request and provides a training result in response to the processed response.

31. A computer program product for simulation, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to simulate an event notification related to an interaction between a dialysis treatment machine and a patient;

computer readable program code configured to generate a request for a user action in response to the simulated event notification;

computer readable program code configured to output the simulated event notification and the request for the user action to an output device; and

computer readable program code configured to process a received user response to the request for the user action.