Supplemental audio visual emergency reviewing apparatus and method

摘要

A supplemental emergency reviewing apparatus and method includes the operative steps of connecting a medical monitoring system to a patient and monitoring a selected function of the patient to provide a data output signal for producing alphanumeric data about the selected function and an alarm output signal in response to the selected function reaching an alarm condition, aiming a CCTV camera at the patient and recording an image thereof to provide a video output signal for producing a video picture of the patient while the selected function is being monitored, receiving and combining in a video interface device the data output signal and video output signal to provide a combined video and data output signal for producing the video record superimposed with the alphanumeric data, receiving and indexing in a VCR device the combined video and data output signal and alarm output signal to provide an indexed combined video and data output signal for producing the video record with superimposed data which can be indexed to any point of an alarm condition so that a user when reviewing the indexed combined video and data output signal can access any indexed point to only review the patient and alphanumeric data at the time of each alarm condition, and receiving in a video monitor the indexed combined video and data output signal and producing the video record with the superimposed alphanumeric data on the monitor.