If you need information on a vital signs monitor for your medical institution, there are a few basic things to know. A vital signs monitor checks pulse, blood oxygenation, and blood pressure in one device. There are three different types of these machines:
Spot Vital Signs Monitor
There are occasions during an emergency when you need to know what the vital signs are for a patient very quickly. It is the best way to ensure success in a life saving emergency. In this situation, the most critical feature is a very fast reading, or how fast service is rendered with Vitalflow the monitor. This means how fast the monitor can get to the patient, how fast it can be readied for use, and how fast it gives a read out. This means that the monitor must be physically mobile and lightweight, easy to operate, easy to be trained on by staff, and lastly how fast the electronics work to give a fast reading.
A good spot monitor should have a stand that is very easy to move. And, blood pressure should be able to be read in mere seconds after set up.
Procedure Vital Signs Monitor
These monitors are easy to use prior to an operation or a procedure, during the event and after. How fast the machine can be set up is not critical. What is most important is the accuracy of the measurements of blood pressure, the temperature and the heart rhythm. It also helps if this monitor will have a good connection the data center at the hospital. This way the patient data can be easily archived and stored so that doctors can access and review the data.
Multipurpose Vital Signs Monitor
There are occasions where a medical facility needs to have a monitor that can be used in both situations. Such a monitor should be able to be used for spot checks, and also to monitor vital signs during and after various medical procedures. One of these monitors should be able to take inputs for patient ID, patient data, and also hook up by wireless to the hospital network to transmit data regarding patient vital signs. One of these machines might also have an alarm if vital signs are suddenly outside a normal range.
A multipurpose monitor should be able to accurately read rate of heartbeat, blood pressure and data on oxygen saturation. An advanced multipurpose monitor may be able to give data on the ECG signal, respiration rate and CO2.