Portable rescue administration aid device

• US 5,088,037 A
• Filed: 03/22/1990
• Issued: 02/11/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Anthony Battaglia
• Original Assignee: Anthony Battaglia
• Inventors: Battaglia, Anthony
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaw, Dale M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Huntley, David
• Application Number:
  US07/497,264
• Time in Patent Office: 691 Days
• Field of Search: 364/413.01, 364/413.02, 364/413.03, 434/226, 434/265, 434/262
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/288 for artificial respiration or heart massage
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/92 Computer assisted medical diagnostics

Abstract

This rescue administration aid device is a portable unit which may be worn on a rescuer'"'"'s wrist. It is operative in response to parameter entries by the rescuer according to the victim'"'"'s condition to provide sequential procedural displays of medical standard rescue steps for assisting the rescuer in carrying out the correct rescue operation. The standard rescue procedure is stored in a microprocessor which, if necessary, can be re-programmed to update to a new rescue standard procedure. It includes a recall feature operative for reverse searching of any desired step in the display if the condition of the victim changes during the rescue operation. Additionally, distinct tone signals are emitted at selected steps of the rescue operation procedure to assist the rescuer in memorizing and conducting such steps in the rescue.

Claims

1. A compact portable rescue operation administration aid device, comprising:

a foldable casing including an upper casing member and a lower casing member hingedly connected to one another at a hinge arrangement means,

a microprocessor means disposed in said lower casing member, said microprocessor means being programmable to store a series of rescue administration instructions according to physical conditions of a victim observed by the rescuer,

a display means disposed in said upper casing member, said display means being coupled to said microprocessor means and having a display screen, and being operative by said microprocessor means to display sequentially a selective series of readable messages of said rescue instructions,

a plurality of parameter input means disposed in said upper casing member, and operative to set said microprocessor means for actuating said display means to display sequentially said selective readable messages for prompting selectively one and two rescuers to perform said rescue operation on a victim of a selected age group,

a plurality of condition selection means disposed in said lower casing member, and operative in association with said parameter input means to set said microprocessor means for actuating said display means to display sequentially said selected readable messages in response to said victim'"'"'s physical conditions.

2. A rescue operation administration aid device according to claim 1 wherein said display means is a liquid crystal display device.

3. A rescue operation administration aid device according to claim 2 wherein said selection means includes a time retrieving means operative to actuate said display means via said microprocessor means to display the elapsed time since the device was first actuated in a rescue operation.

4. A rescue operation administration aid device according to claim 3 wherein said selection means include a first input means coupled to said microprocessor means and operative to notify said microprocessor means of the conscious state of said victim, a second input means and a third input means coupled to said microprocessor means and operative to notify said microprocessor means of whether said victim has an obstructed airway, a fourth input means and a fifth input means coupled to said microprocessor means and operative to send signals to said microprocessor means to indicate the presence of breathing and pulse in said victim.

5. A rescue operation administration aid device according to claim 4 including a plurality of auxiliary data storage means operative for storing training and reference information of selected standard rescue operation, tutorial means coupled to said microprocessor means and said data storage means and being operative to activate said display means for displaying said information.

6. A rescue operation administration aid device according to claim 5 including a topics means coupled to said tutorial means and being operative to retrieve a selected information from said storage means for display by said display means.

7. A rescue operation administration aid device according to claim 6 including an assessement selector means and a treatment selector means coupled to said topics means and being operative selectively to activate said display means for displaying assessment and treatment for a selected victim condition.

8. A rescue operation administration aid device according to claim 7 including a system monitor means coupled to said microprocessor means and being operative when said device is activated to provide a self diagnostic procedure and to activate said display means to display and malfunction condition and battery condition.

9. A rescue operation administration aid deice according to claim 8 including a sound signalling means disposed in said upper casing member and coupled to said microprocessor means, said sound signalling means being operative to emit predetermined tone signals in association with selected messages when said rescue instructions are being sequentially displayed by said display means.

10. A rescue operation administration aid device according to claim 9 including a recall means provided at said upper casing member and connected to said microprocessor means, said recall means being operative by said rescuer to reverse the sequence of said sequentially displayed instructions to recapture a selected message in said instructions.

11. A rescue operation administration aid device according to claim 10 including a constrast adjusting means located in said upper casing member and operative to adjust the visibility of said display.

12. A rescue operation administration aid device according to claim 11 including a securing means removably mounted at a bottom surface of said lower casing member and operative for wearing said device on the wrist of said rescuer.

13. A rescue operation administration aid device according to claim 12 including a connecting port means located in said lower casing member and being operative for connecting said device to a selected peripheral device.

14. A rescue operation administration aid device according to claim 13 wherein said peripheral device is a printer.