Personal Medical Monitors
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Welcome to Personal Medical Monitors. A medical monitor is an automated medical electronic device that measures a person’s vital signs and displays the data so obtained, which may or may not be transmitted on a monitoring network. These monitors can be hand held, portable or tabletop. The earliest of medical monitors resembled oscilloscopes and computer monitors and use superficially similar technology. However, medical monitors have been safety engineered so that failures are either apparent or unimportant.
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Some monitors have an electrical contact with the patient. There are strict limits on how much current and voltage can be applied, even if the unit fails or becomes wet. They must typically withstand electrical defibrilation without damage.
In the past, medical monitors tended to be highly specialized. One monitor would track a patient’s blood pressure, while another would measure pulse oximetry. Today the trend is toward multi-parameter monitors that can track many different vital signs at once.
In critical care units of hospitals, it allows continuous monitoring of a patient, with medical staff being continuously informed of the changes in general condition of a patient.
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