Providing Guidance During A Medical Procedure
Described herein are example methods and example systems for providing guidance to a user during a medical procedure. The example methods may be performed by one or more processors and may include estimating a blood loss of a patient, determining a current patient stage of a blood loss protocol based on the estimated patient blood loss, and providing guidance to a user based on the current patient stage of the blood loss protocol. The blood loss protocol may include a plurality of stages, and each stage may include one or more elements. Providing guidance to a user may include selecting one or more elements from the current patient stage of the blood loss protocol.
1 . A method comprising:
estimating, by one or more processors of a machine, an amount of blood lost by a patient during a procedure;
determining, by the one or more processors of the machine, a current stage among a plurality of stages of a blood loss protocol, the current stage of the blood loss protocol being determined based on the estimated amount of blood lost by the patient during the procedure; and
causing, by the one or more processors of the machine, a display to present guidance to a user based on the determined current stage among the plurality of stages of the blood loss protocol.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the current stage of the blood loss protocol corresponds to a set of recommendable actions performable on the patient; and
the presentation of the guidance recommends performance of an action among the set of recommendable actions.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the determining of the current stage of the blood loss protocol is based on a comparison of the estimated amount of blood lost by the patient to a range of blood loss values, the range corresponding to the current stage of the blood loss protocol.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein:
multiple ranges of blood loss values correspond to the current stage of the blood loss protocol; and
the determining of the current stage of the blood loss protocol includes selecting the range that corresponds to the current stage of the blood loss protocol based on a medical parameter of the patient.
5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein:
multiple ranges of blood loss values correspond to the current stage of the blood loss protocol; and
the determining of the current stage of the blood loss protocol includes selecting the range that corresponds to the current stage of the blood loss protocol based on a user input.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the presentation of the guidance indicates the determined current stage of the blood loss protocol.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the current stage of the blood loss protocol corresponds to a set of recommendable actions performable on the patient; and
the presentation of the guidance indicates a recommended action selected from the set of recommendable actions performable on the patient.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the estimating of the amount of blood lost by the patient includes updating a previous estimate of the amount blood lost by the patient;
the determining of the current stage of the blood loss protocol includes updating a previous determination of the current stage of the blood loss protocol based on the updated estimate of the amount of blood lost by the patient; and
the presentation of the guidance presents guidance updated based on the updated determination of the current stage of the blood loss protocol.
9 . A system comprising:
a display;
one or more processors; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
estimating an amount of blood lost by a patient during a procedure;
determining a current stage among a plurality of stages of a blood loss protocol, the current stage of the blood loss protocol being determined based on the estimated amount of blood lost by the patient during the procedure; and
causing the display to present guidance to a user based on the determined current stage among the plurality of stages of the blood loss protocol.
10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein:
the current stage of the blood loss protocol corresponds to a set of recommendable actions performable on the patient; and
the presentation of the guidance recommends performance of an action among the set of recommendable actions.
11 . The system of claim 9 , wherein:
the determining of the current stage of the blood loss protocol is based on a comparison of the estimated amount of blood lost by the patient to a range of blood loss values, the range corresponding to the current stage of the blood loss protocol.
12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein:
multiple ranges of blood loss values correspond to the current stage of the blood loss protocol; and
the determining of the current stage of the blood loss protocol includes selecting the range that corresponds to the current stage of the blood loss protocol based on a medical parameter of the patient.
13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein:
multiple ranges of blood loss values correspond to the current stage of the blood loss protocol; and
the determining of the current stage of the blood loss protocol includes selecting the range that corresponds to the current stage of the blood loss protocol based on a user input.
14 . The system of claim 9 , wherein:
the presentation of the guidance indicates the determined current stage of the blood loss protocol.
15 . The system of claim 9 , wherein:
the current stage of the blood loss protocol corresponds to a set of recommendable actions performable on the patient; and
the presentation of the guidance indicates a recommended action selected from the set of recommendable actions performable on the patient.
16 . The system of claim 9 , wherein:
the estimating of the amount of blood lost by the patient includes updating a previous estimate of the amount blood lost by the patient;
the determining of the current stage of the blood loss protocol includes updating a previous determination of the current stage of the blood loss protocol based on the updated estimate of the amount of blood lost by the patient; and
the presentation of the guidance presents guidance updated based on the updated determination of the current stage of the blood loss protocol.
17 . A machine-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
estimating an amount of blood lost by a patient during a procedure;
determining a current stage among a plurality of stages of a blood loss protocol, the current stage of the blood loss protocol being determined based on the estimated amount of blood lost by the patient during the procedure; and
causing a display to present guidance to a user based on the determined current stage among the plurality of stages of the blood loss protocol.
18 . The machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein:
the current stage of the blood loss protocol corresponds to a set of recommendable actions performable on the patient; and
the presentation of the guidance recommends performance of an action among the set of recommendable actions.
19 . The machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein:
the determining of the current stage of the blood loss protocol is based on a comparison of the estimated amount of blood lost by the patient to a range of blood loss values, the range corresponding to the current stage of the blood loss protocol.
20 . The machine-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein:
multiple ranges of blood loss values correspond to the current stage of the blood loss protocol; and
the determining of the current stage of the blood loss protocol includes selecting the range that corresponds to the current stage of the blood loss protocol based on a medical parameter of the patient.