Imaging technology alarm system for healthcare professionals

1. An alarm system, comprising:

a first pneumatic actuation bulb disposed in a first position at a first location that includes no electronic components;

a first pneumatic tubing connecting the first pneumatic actuation bulb to a first pneumatic switch coupled to a first alarm at a second location different from the first location;

a second pneumatic actuation bulb disposed in a second position at the first location; and

a second pneumatic tubing connecting the second pneumatic actuation bulb to a second pneumatic switch coupled to a second alarm at a second location different from the first location,

wherein the first alarm is coupled to the first pneumatic actuation bulb via the first pneumatic tubing and configured to provide a first alarm signal at the second location and at a third location different from the first location and the second location responsive to usage of the first pneumatic actuation bulb at the first location,

wherein the second alarm is coupled to the second pneumatic actuation bulb via the second pneumatic tubing and configured to provide a second alarm signal at the second location responsive to usage of the second pneumatic actuation bulb at the first location, and

wherein the first alarm and the second alarm are configured to operate using electronic components.

2. The alarm system of claim 1 , wherein:

the first alarm is color coded to correspond to a first color of the first pneumatic actuation bulb; and

the second alarm is color coded to correspond to a second color of the second pneumatic actuation bulb.

3. The alarm system of claim 1 , wherein:

the first pneumatic actuation bulb is a tech actuation bulb operated by a technologist at the first location; and

the second pneumatic actuation bulb is a patient actuation bulb operated by a patient at the first location.

4. The alarm system of claim 1 , wherein:

the first location is a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) imaging room;

the second location is an imaging control room; and

the third location is a location in a medical facility that is different from the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) imaging room and the imaging control room.

5. The alarm system of claim 4 , wherein the first pneumatic tubing is threaded through a floor raceway of the MRI imaging room and inserted through a pre-made hole in a penetration panel to connect the first pneumatic actuation bulb to the first pneumatic switch.

6. The alarm system of claim 1 , further comprising a clinical computer system communicatively coupled to the first alarm, wherein the first alarm is configured to send a coded message that provides information relating to usage of the first pneumatic actuation bulb to the clinical computer system.

7. The alarm system of claim 6 , wherein the clinical computer system is integrated into a medical facility alarm management platform that is configured to provide one or more additional alarm signals to be forwarded to one or more parties at a medical facility.

8. The alarm system of claim 1 , wherein the first alarm console includes an alarm-off switch that is configured to disable the first alarm signal responsive to actuation of the alarm-off switch.

9. The alarm system of claim 1 , wherein the first position allows usage of the first pneumatic actuation bulb by a first person while a second person at least partially blocks access to the second pneumatic actuation bulb in the second position.

10. The alarm system of claim 9 , wherein the first position is outside a bore of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) apparatus and the second position is within the bore of the MRI apparatus.

11. A method, comprising:

in response to obtaining, at a first alarm console, a first pneumatic actuation signal from a first position in a first location that includes no electronic components, providing, by the first alarm console, a first alarm signal at a second location and at a third location, wherein the first location, the second location, and the third location are each different locations; and

in response to obtaining at the first alarm console a second pneumatic actuation signal from a second position in the first location, providing, by the first alarm console, a second alarm signal at the second location.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the first alarm signal is different from the second alarm signal.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein:

the first pneumatic actuation signal corresponds to actuation of a first pneumatic bulb configured to be operated by a technologist at the first location; and

the second pneumatic actuation signal corresponds to actuation of a second pneumatic bulb configured to be operated by a patient at the first location.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein:

the first location is a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) imaging room; and

the second location is an imaging control room; and

the third location is a location in a medical facility that is different from the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) imaging room and the imaging control room.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first pneumatic actuation signal is obtained via pneumatic tubing threaded through a floor raceway of the MRI imaging room and inserted through a pre-made hole in a penetration panel to connect a pneumatic actuation bulb to a pneumatic switch on the first alarm console.

16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising providing, by the first alarm console, a coded message to a clinical computer system responsive to the first alarm console obtaining the first pneumatic actuation signal, the coded message including information relating to the first pneumatic actuation signal.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the clinical computer system is integrated into a medical facility alarm management platform that is configured to provide additional alarm signals to be forwarded to parties at a hospital medical facility.

18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

obtaining, at the first alarm console, an alarm-off signal; and

disabling the first alarm signal responsive to obtaining the alarm-off signal.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first position allows actuation of the first pneumatic actuation signal from a first pneumatic bulb by a first person while a second person at least partially blocks access to a second pneumatic bulb in the second position.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the first position is outside a bore of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) apparatus and the second position is within the bore of the MRI apparatus.