Monitoring+patient



**Additional Information Lana Bilani**



[|MONITORING PATIENTS]
Patient Monitoring  Monitoring patients used to be a difficult and time consuming task, but nowadays with all the new technologies available and IT systems in hospitals, monitoring patients has become efficient and majorly autonomous. The monitoring of the patient is critical in many aspects of healthcare such as intensive care, operations, emergency rooms, recovery, and so on. Companies, such asSmiths Medical, specialize in patient monitoring technologies. Patient monitoring involves the monitoring of vital stats of the patient such as blood pressure, heart rate, and so on. However, patient monitoring delves deeper, reaching to brain waves and sleeping patterns, blood-chemical levels, oxygen levels, temperature, and the care of a patient at home. There are many devices that can be used in hospitals, and battery operated devices that can be used in homes. Also, there are alarm systems that will signal to doctors and nurses if a patient's vital stats have gone into a dangerous range. These systems are needed to prevent nurses or doctors from having to stay with patients all the time during a critical time for the patient. Also, during and immediately after surgery, patients must be closely monitored. It is for these patients, and those in the intensive care unit and so forth, that there are different color coded alarms for hospitals. The hardware may seem expensive, its cheaper than paying people to monitor patients. Advantages and Disadvantages 
 * Advantages**


 * Cheaper than using personnel
 * Quick and reliable
 * Can be used in hospitals or homes
 * Easy to learn how to use
 * Accurate and fairly precise
 * Disadvantages**


 * Dependant on a form of electricity and electrical hardware
 * Some training needed
 * Certain things for patients can only be monitored by humans, such as skin color or swelling in a patient's body
 * Initial costs may be expensive