Semi-Automated Self-Monitore - Syringe Infusion Pump

The administration of high alert medication via a syringe infusion is risky and could lead to a serious patient injury or even death. This is due to the absence of the patient's response for the drug being delivered during the infusion. A patient monitor can assist in finding of such feedback and thus make the delivery of such essential and vital drugs more safe and efficient. Furthermore, the automation of the process can lead to minimize the errors made by the medical staff as a result of high pressure workload created by the condition of a critically ill patient, to save the nurses' time for other demanding tasks, and consequently increases their efficiency. This paper presents an integrated system between a patient monitor and a smart syringe infusion pump “smart self-monitored syringe infusion pump”. The patient's parameters from the patient monitor along with the syringe pump are recorded simultaneously for the estimation of the patient's condition to determine the need of the medical staff's intervention. The major contribution of this work is making the syringe pump more intelligent and consequently safer for the patients. Additionally, this work is a forward step to reach a fully automated monitoring and treatment of a critical ill patient in the intensive care environments.