Paul D. Mannheimer,Li Li,David A. Orian,J. Christopher Kilborn
申请号:
US12276188
公开号:
US08364221B2
申请日:
2008.11.21
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要:
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a patient monitoring alarm escalation system and method. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention include an alarm detection device configured to measure physiological data received via a patient monitor, the alarm detection device configured to initiate an alarm in response to predefined measurements of the physiological data, and an alarm device configured to emit a first signal with a first property and a second signal with a second property, the first signal being emitted when the alarm is initiated, the second signal being emitted if an alarm acknowledgement mechanism is not activated prior to a designated event.