a couple of questions

[wmuid]

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My group and I encountered some questions while working on a Stryker design project this weekend. Our project deals with a typical hospital room setting. We may have to incorporate the ER and ambulance, but the main focus is on the typical rooms. What I need to know is:
Are there certain things that are always checked by a doctor? (temperature, blood pressure, pulse, ect)
- If so, how are these things checked?
Are there ceratin areas of the body that are best to obtain vital information from?
Is there any information that a doctor/nurse would continually be monitoring and always have to check for?
- Is there anything that you guys can think of that you would like incorporated into a hospital room?

The design right now is pretty dependant upon reading information from one central area, and we are wondering what would be the best area to aim for. Also, I apologize for my lack of medical knowledge. If I need to clear anything up, please let me know.

 

[alwaysaangel]

My group and I encountered some questions while working on a Stryker design project this weekend. Our project deals with a typical hospital room setting. We may have to incorporate the ER and ambulance, but the main focus is on the typical rooms. What I need to know is:
Are there certain things that are always checked by a doctor? (temperature, blood pressure, pulse, ect)
- If so, how are these things checked?
Are there ceratin areas of the body that are best to obtain vital information from?
Is there any information that a doctor/nurse would continually be monitoring and always have to check for?
- Is there anything that you guys can think of that you would like incorporated into a hospital room?

The design right now is pretty dependant upon reading information from one central area, and we are wondering what would be the best area to aim for. Also, I apologize for my lack of medical knowledge. If I need to clear anything up, please let me know.

I suggest you ask the mods to move this to the allo forum or a residency forum. Pre-meds aren't as useful for this info as an actual med student or doctor would be.

 

[colbgw02]

My group and I encountered some questions while working on a Stryker design project this weekend. Our project deals with a typical hospital room setting. We may have to incorporate the ER and ambulance, but the main focus is on the typical rooms. What I need to know is:
Are there certain things that are always checked by a doctor? (temperature, blood pressure, pulse, ect)
- If so, how are these things checked?
Are there ceratin areas of the body that are best to obtain vital information from?
Is there any information that a doctor/nurse would continually be monitoring and always have to check for?
- Is there anything that you guys can think of that you would like incorporated into a hospital room?

The design right now is pretty dependant upon reading information from one central area, and we are wondering what would be the best area to aim for. Also, I apologize for my lack of medical knowledge. If I need to clear anything up, please let me know.

i'll bite, but the others are correct. this should be moved.

1) any inpatient should have his vitals checked at least once a day. 3-4 times a day is more realistic. typical vitals include temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rate, and oxygen saturation. other "vitals" that might get checked at admission or even daily are height, weight, and head circumference. temperature is typically checked orally or through the ear. nowadays, machines typically measure pulse (arm cuff), blood pressure (arm cuff), and oxygen saturation (finger), while respiratory rate is often just simple observation.

2) patients in ICU or step-down units are on a monitor which continuously displays their vitals signs. these displays are often both in the patient's room and at some sort of central area, like the nurses' station. on a regular hospital ward, some patients will be monitored by central telemetry, whereby their heart rate and rythym is kept track of at a single location in the hospital as well as the nurses' station for the particular ward.

3) put thermostats into each individual room. i can't tell you how often patients complain about or nurses are bothered because of a room being too hot or cold.

4) don't put the televisions so high that only a nba player can reach to mute them or turn them off. the physicians don't want the patient watching the price is right when they're trying to speak with him.

 

[wmuid]

Hey, thanks a lot for the help everyone. I didnt exactly know where to post, so if someone wants to move it, feel free. Just please inform me where to start looking!

After relaying the information, we are now wondering if you can obtain any of these vitals from the wrist area? I do not know if you could get temperature or blood pressure, but oxygen and pulse may be feasible.

 

[foofish]

2) patients in ICU or step-down units are on a monitor which continuously displays their vitals signs. these displays are often both in the patient's room and at some sort of central area, like the nurses' station. on a regular hospital ward, some patients will be monitored by central telemetry, whereby their heart rate and rythym is kept track of at a single location in the hospital as well as the nurses' station for the particular ward.

I forget which hospital this was in, but they had one of those scrolling LED boards periodically hanging from the ceiling in the hallway, and when any pt monitor alarm was triggered the room and problem appeared on the LED board, so nurses in the hall or popping their head out of another room knew immediately where the problem was...