Sensors%20in%20Medicine

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Sensors in Medicine

• Professor Monique Frize,
• P. Eng., O.C.
• Systems and Computer Engineering,
• Carleton University
• and
• School of Information Technology and Engineering,
  University of Ottawa

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Medical Instrumentation

• Diagnostic
• Therapy
• Monitoring

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Patient type

• Emergency medicine
• Operating rooms
• Critical care units
• Obstetrics
• Pediatrics
• Adults
• Palliative care

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Medical Specialties

• Medical Imaging
• Laboratory and pathology
• Cardiology and cardiac surgery
• Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Dialysis and nephrology
• Urology
• Gastro-enterology
• Ophtalmology, ENT (ear, nose and throat)

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Overview neonatal equipment

• http//www.neonatalogy.org/tour/equipment.html

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Example Bring a premature, sick baby to CHEO
from Iqualuit

• NEEDS
• The baby stays at CHEO until stabilized and well
• The baby has cardiac and respiration problems,
  losing heat quickly
• Ensure the proper monitoring and care for the
  infant
• The parents arent able to stay for the full five
  months in Ottawa, therefore find a way to keep
  parents updated and informed

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First Step

• Contact CHEO via phone from the hospital in
  Iqualuit and notify them about the arrival of the
  baby and its current status
• Maintain communication during the trip using
  radio contact

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Procedure, continued...

• Use a helicopter for the flight
• During the flight there will be a travel
  incubator to keep the baby warm
• An apnea monitor will check the babys breathing
• An ECG monitor will display the babys heart rate
• There will be a paramedic to watch over the baby,
  as well as the babys parents
• A ventilator may be needed and a pulse oximeter

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Next Steps at CHEO

• The baby will be transferred to a stationary
  incubator in the neonatal intensive care at CHEO,
  will have the apnea monitor, the cardiac
  monitor, and ventilator if respiratory problems,
  oximeter
• The infant is attended on a 24 hour basis by
  nurses and physicians (neonatalogists)
• There are automatic alarms to notify of problems
• The babys parents will be close to their baby
  for a few nights

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After the parents leave...

• The parents will stay in touch with the hospital,
  by using the internet and the phone
• There will be a video monitor so the family will
  be able to see their baby
• The parents will be updated about their babys
  progress
• The internet web site will be secure, along with
  a password protected access that only parents and
  the assigned physicians and nurses can access

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Keeping in touch

• Bi-Weekly Updates on telephone with doctors.
• Web-cam tapes child 24/7, and is broadcasted to
  the family over the internet, using a password
  protected site, that only the family and hospital
  are able to access and update, constantly.
• And frequent emails updating the family on
  infants specific condition
• Talk to baby/sing to baby through internet
  technology or telephone

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