BARRIER KiT FOR EMT MONITORING EQUIPMENT
First Claim
1. A barrier kit for EMT monitoring equipment comprising:
- a sterile envelope of disposable barrier material;
said envelope containing a board of disposable sterile material on which are mounted a family of sanitary barriers and sheaths;
said board having a releasable adhesive on one surface thereof on which said barriers and sheaths are releasably mounted; and
said family of barriers and sheaths comprising a finger sheath adapted for use over a patient finger for isolating contact with a pulse oximeter or pulse oximeter probe, a barrier cover for a stethoscope, a single layer sheet with fold lines adapted to enclose a tie or chest region of an emergency medical personnel person, and a barrier sheet adapted for wrapping around an upper arm of a patient to provide a smooth base surface for a blood pressure cuff; and
said barriers and sheaths being made from materials resistant to migration of microbes therethrough.
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Abstract
A barrier kit for emergency medical technician sterile patient monitoring equipment provides an emergency medical technician (EMT) a variety of sanitary cover barriers to provide adherence to a cleaning regimen, while avoiding patient to patient cross contamination. The sterile kit is contained in a single envelope including a set of sanitary barriers or sheaths of the same material mounted on a cardboard substrate for a stethoscope, a pulse oximeter probe, a necktie protector and an arm wrap cover to prevent a blood pressure monitor cuff from contacting the patient skin with an attached cover for protection against splatter of bodily fluids from one patient to an EMT technician or from one patient to another patient.
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18 Claims
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1. A barrier kit for EMT monitoring equipment comprising:
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a sterile envelope of disposable barrier material; said envelope containing a board of disposable sterile material on which are mounted a family of sanitary barriers and sheaths; said board having a releasable adhesive on one surface thereof on which said barriers and sheaths are releasably mounted; and said family of barriers and sheaths comprising a finger sheath adapted for use over a patient finger for isolating contact with a pulse oximeter or pulse oximeter probe, a barrier cover for a stethoscope, a single layer sheet with fold lines adapted to enclose a tie or chest region of an emergency medical personnel person, and a barrier sheet adapted for wrapping around an upper arm of a patient to provide a smooth base surface for a blood pressure cuff; and said barriers and sheaths being made from materials resistant to migration of microbes therethrough. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for using disposable sanitary covers for patient monitoring equipment in emergency rescue and other medical environments comprising the steps of:
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providing sterile envelopes of disposable barrier material in an EMT emergency vehicle; inserting into each said envelope a board of disposable sterile material on which are mounted a family of sanitary barriers and sheaths, said board having a releasable adhesive on one surface thereof on which said barriers and sheaths are releasably mounted, said family of barriers and sheaths comprising a sheath adapted for use over a patient finger for isolating contact with a pulse oximeter or pulse oximeter probe, a barrier cover for a stethoscope, and a single layer sheet with fold lines adapted to enclose a tie or chest region of an emergency medical personnel person, said barriers and sheaths being made from materials resistant to migration of microbes therethrough; separately enclosed in said sterile envelope, a barrier sheet adapted for wrapping around an upper arm of a patient to provide a smooth base surface for a blood pressure cuff;
said sheet being made from material resistant to migration of microbes therethrough;carrying said envelopes containing said families of sanitary barriers and sheaths in said emergency vehicle carrying medical technicians when travelling to a site having a medical emergency; in an emergency situation dealing with a victim patient, opening one of said envelopes and withdrawing the board within with said family mounted thereon; removing said finger sheath from said board and sliding said finger sheath onto a distal end of a finger of said patient in preparation for measuring oxygen levels in blood of the patient; removing said barrier cover and enclosing said stethoscope in said barrier cover prior to deploying said stethoscope; using said single layer sheet to enclose a tie of an emergency medical personnel person if the emergency medical personnel person is wearing a tie or deploying said single layer sheet as a bib on a medical technician; wrapping said barrier sheet around the upper arm of said patient with said narrower band being closest to the arm pit of the patient, followed by placing said blood pressure cuff around the wider band of said barrier sheet and then pulling said narrower band down covering said blood pressure cuff; and said barriers and sheaths being made from materials resistant to migration of microbes therethrough whereby cross contamination between successive patients is reduced.
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10. A barrier kit for EMT monitoring equipment comprising:
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a sterile envelope of disposable barrier material; said envelope containing a board of disposable sterile material on which are mounted a family of sanitary barriers and sheaths; said board having a releasable adhesive on one surface thereof on which said barriers and sheaths are releasably mounted; and said family of barriers and sheaths comprising a finger sheath adapted for use over a patient finger for isolating contact with a pulse oximeter or pulse oximeter probe, a barrier cover for a stethoscope, and a barrier sheet adapted for wrapping around an upper arm of a patient to provide a smooth base surface for a blood pressure cuff; and said barriers and sheaths being made from materials resistant to migration of microbes therethrough. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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