Occupant egress prediction systems, methods and devices
View Patent ↗A method comprises determining a person's level of risk for developing an adverse condition; selecting a care protocol based on the level of risk; displaying a proposed configuration of a person support structure corresponding to the care protocol for a caregiver to approve; and upon approval by the caregiver, implementing the configuration.
1. A method of predicting an egress condition for a person supported on a person support structure, the method comprising:
receiving input signals including:
an egress motivating condition which corresponds to at least one of time since last toileting, input/output balance, or lack of catheter;
an egress preparation sequence which corresponds to at least one of patient posture or patient location;
determining if the input signals mimic an egress profile by assigning a numerical value to each of the input signals and including the numerical values in a summation to obtain a summed value which is compared to a predetermined threshold; and
generating an alert if the summed value mimics the egress profile, wherein the input signals include information sensed by a pressure map.
2. A method of predicting an egress condition for a person supported on a person support structure, the method comprising:
receiving input signals including:
an egress motivating condition which corresponds to at least one of time since last toileting, input/output balance, or lack of catheter;
an egress preparation sequence which corresponds to at least one of patient posture or patient location;
determining if the input signals mimic an egress profile by assigning a numerical value to each of the input signals and including the numerical values in a summation to obtain a summed value which is compared to a predetermined threshold; and
generating an alert if the summed value mimics the egress profile, wherein the input signals include information sensed by a load cell.
3. A method of predicting an egress condition for a person supported on a person support structure, the method comprising:
receiving input signals including:
an egress motivating condition which corresponds to at least one of time since last toileting, input/output balance, or lack of catheter;
an egress preparation sequence which corresponds to at least one of patient posture or patient location;
determining if the input signals mimic an egress profile by assigning a numerical value to each of the input signals and including the numerical values in a summation to obtain a summed value which is compared to a predetermined threshold; and
generating an alert if the summed value mimics the egress profile, wherein the input signals include information sensed by an image capture device.
4. A method of predicting an egress condition for a person supported on a person support structure, the method comprising:
receiving input signals including:
an egress motivating condition which corresponds to at least one of time since last toileting, input/output balance, or lack of catheter;
an egress preparation sequence which corresponds to at least one of patient posture or patient location;
determining if the input signals mimic an egress profile by assigning a numerical value to each of the input signals and including the numerical values in a summation to obtain a summed value which is compared to a predetermined threshold; and
generating an alert if the summed value mimics the egress profile, wherein the input signals include information sensed by a 3D image sensor.
5. A method of predicting an egress condition for a person supported on a person support structure, the method comprising:
receiving input signals including:
an egress motivating condition which corresponds to at least one of time since last toileting, input/output balance, or lack of catheter;
an egress preparation sequence which corresponds to at least one of patient posture or patient location;
determining if the input signals mimic an egress profile by assigning a numerical value to each of the input signals and including the numerical values in a summation to obtain a summed value which is compared to a predetermined threshold; and
generating an alert if the summed value mimics the egress profile, wherein the input signals include information sensed by an array of sensors and the person support structure includes a mattress, wherein the array of sensors is coupled to the mattress.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pressure map comprises a mat positioned on a mattress of the patient support structure.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving at least one additional input signal corresponding to a facility input and modifying the alert as a function of the facility input, wherein the facility input includes information corresponding to at least one of the following: a facility protocol, facility logistics, the patient population, case-mix, culture, facility patterns, risk tolerance, time of day, staffing levels, caregiver round times, or likelihood an alert will be responded to within a predetermined amount of time.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising communicating the alert to a caregiver via a nurse call system.
9. The method of claim 2 , wherein the load cell is included as part of a bed frame of the patient support structure.
10. The method of claim 2 , further comprising receiving at least one additional input signal corresponding to a facility input and modifying the alert as a function of the facility input, wherein the facility input includes information corresponding to at least one of the following: a facility protocol, facility logistics, the patient population, case-mix, culture, facility patterns, risk tolerance, time of day, staffing levels, caregiver round times, or likelihood an alert will be responded to within a predetermined amount of time.
11. The method of claim 2 , further comprising communicating the alert to a caregiver via a nurse call system.
12. The method of claim 3 , further comprising receiving at least one additional input signal corresponding to a facility input and modifying the alert as a function of the facility input, wherein the facility input includes information corresponding to at least one of the following: a facility protocol, facility logistics, the patient population, case-mix, culture, facility patterns, risk tolerance, time of day, staffing levels, caregiver round times, or likelihood an alert will be responded to within a predetermined amount of time.
13. The method of claim 3 , further comprising communicating the alert to a caregiver via a nurse call system.
14. The method of claim 4 , further comprising receiving at least one additional input signal corresponding to a facility input and modifying the alert as a function of the facility input, wherein the facility input includes information corresponding to at least one of the following: a facility protocol, facility logistics, the patient population, case-mix, culture, facility patterns, risk tolerance, time of day, staffing levels, caregiver round times, or likelihood an alert will be responded to within a predetermined amount of time.
15. The method of claim 4 , further comprising communicating the alert to a caregiver via a nurse call system.
16. The method of claim 5 , further comprising receiving at least one additional input signal corresponding to a facility input and modifying the alert as a function of the facility input, wherein the facility input includes information corresponding to at least one of the following: a facility protocol, facility logistics, the patient population, case-mix, culture, facility patterns, risk tolerance, time of day, staffing levels, caregiver round times, or likelihood an alert will be responded to within a predetermined amount of time.
17. The method of claim 5 , further comprising communicating the alert to a caregiver via a nurse call system.