Portable cordless cardiopulmonary arrest recorder and method
First Claim
1. A system for recording cardiopulmonary arrest data comprising a portable hand held recorder having a self contained battery, chronometer means for timing significant events, said recorder having means physically engageable by a user for recording rhythm, medications, cardiovert/defibrillation data, and physical procedures in the recorder, a central processing unit said recorder comprising a housing and means for being physically interfacing said housing with said central processing unit for transferring the recorded data from said recorder, said means comprising receiving means in said processing unit physically engageable by said recorder housing in toto, said receiving means comprising a slot within which the recorder is deposited.
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Abstract
A portable cordless cardiopulmonary arrest recorder is provided by this invention. The arrest recorder is used by the attending personnel at the treatment site for a cardiac-arrest patient. It has multiple chronometers for recording the time and duration of significant events and three sections for recording the patient'"'"'s rhythm, medication and cardiovert/defibrillation. A visual screen and keyboard for typing additional data is provided. The recorder is designed to manually interface with a central processing unit to transfer data, and recharge the recorder. The recorder subsequently interfaces with a printer and allows for entry of additional information. Optionally the recorder may have provisions for receiving a conventional computer disk capable of storing data which may be interfaced with the central processing unit.
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- 1. A system for recording cardiopulmonary arrest data comprising a portable hand held recorder having a self contained battery, chronometer means for timing significant events, said recorder having means physically engageable by a user for recording rhythm, medications, cardiovert/defibrillation data, and physical procedures in the recorder, a central processing unit said recorder comprising a housing and means for being physically interfacing said housing with said central processing unit for transferring the recorded data from said recorder, said means comprising receiving means in said processing unit physically engageable by said recorder housing in toto, said receiving means comprising a slot within which the recorder is deposited.
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8. A system for recording cardiopulmonary arrest data comprising a portable hand held recorder having a self contained battery, chronometer means for timing significant events, said recorder having means physically engageable by a user for recording rhythm, medications, cardiovert/defibrillation data, and physical procedures in the recorder, said recorder having means for being physically interfaced with a central processing unit for transferring the recorded data from said recorder, said means physically engageable by a user for recording rhythm, medication, cardiovert/defibrillation, and physical procedures comprising a separate keyboard for each of said rhythm, medication, cardiovert/defibrillation, and physical procedures with individual keys in each keyboard for recording designated usages.
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9. A system for recording cardiopulmonary arrest data comprising a portable hand held recorder having a self contained battery, chronometer means for timing significant events, said recorder having means physically engageable by a user for recording rhythm, medications, cardiovert/defibrillation data, and physical procedures in the recorder, said recorder having means for being physically interfaced with a central processing unit for transferring the recorded data from said recorder, said recorder having a keyboard for typing in additional data and a visual screen for read out of the recorded data, said means physically engageable by a user for recording rhythm, medication, cardiovert/defibrillation, and physical procedures comprising a separate keyboard for each of said rhythm, medication, and cardiovert/defibrillation with individual keys in each keyboard for recording designated most generally employed usages.
- 10. A method for recording data associated with treatment of a cardiopulmonary arrest which comprises using a portable battery operated cordless hand held data recording, recording on said recorder significant time of events, physiological features in a rhythm section, recording medication data, cardiovert/defibrillation and procedure data, said recording being effected on a separate keyboard for each of said rhythm, medication, cardiovert/defibrillation, and physical producers with individual keys in each keyboard recording designated usages, observing said data on a visual screen and transferring the data from said recorder to a remote central processing unit by physically interfacing said recorder with said central processing unit.
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