摘要 |
<p>A bed status information system (11) for indicating to attending personnel the status of a patient bed (16) includes bed condition input signal generators which are operable to monitor a bed element condition and input signal indicative of the status of the monitored condition. An interface board (35) on the bed (16) processes the bed condition input signal and generates bed condition messages, which indicate the status of the monitored condition. A processing station (46) remote from the bed (16) is electrically coupled via a datalink to the interface board (35) and is operable to receive the bed condition messages and indicate the status of the patient bed (16) and its operational elements to attending personnel at a location remote from the bed (16).</p> |