Question

Trace the development of: Physiological Monitor.. Which includes sections on the following: ECG,SPO2, NIBP Answer the following questions:

• What was the need, how was it perceived, and how did the new equipment improve the condition of the patient?

Answer 1

ECG (Electrocardiogram)

It is a test that conducted to study the electrical activities of heart.

how was it perceived

It record the electrical activities of heart by placing leads to detect the current cardiac electric activities.

how did the new equipment improve the condition of the patient?

ECG is a great tool in diagnosis of different cardiac diseases like arrythmias, myocardial infarction and cardiomyopathy and so on.

SPO2(Oxygen saturation)

It measures the percentage of oxygen in our blood .

how's it perceived

by using pulse oximeter to determine the proportion of Hb bound to oxygen. It also requires different probes to conduct the test accurately.

how did the new equipment improve the condition of the patient?

• Helps in monitoring oxigen saturation real time
• It can alert if the oxigen levels are potentially low
• It is a great advantage in cardiac care and for respiratory treatments

NIBP (non invasive blood pressure)

It consistently tracks the changes of systolic, diastolic blood pressure, that is measured non- invasively .

how was it perceived

by using a sensitive transducer that measures static pressure and pressure oscillations received and transmitted by the cuff it makes the reading

how did the new equipment improve the condition of the patient?

• it is non invasive
• It takes less time to get the reading
• By easily inflating the cuff the test can be done.