APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A CONSCIOUS PATIENT RELIEF FROM PAIN AND ANXIETY ASSOCIATED WITH MEDICAL OR SURGICAL PROCEDURES ACCORDING TO APPROPRIATE CLINICAL HEURISTICS

摘要

A care system and associated methods are provided for alleviating patient pain, anxiety and discomfort associated with medical or surgical procedures. The system comprises: at least one patient health monitor device coupled to a patient and generating a signal reflecting at least one physiological condition of the patient; a drug delivery controller supplying one or more drugs to the patient; a memory device storing a safety data set reflecting parameters of at least one patient physiological condition; and an electroni c controller interconnected between the patient health monitor, the drug delivery controller and the safety data set. The electronic controller is capable of effecting a change in the drug supply delivered to the patient an d the generation of current signals by the patient health monitor device depending on a comparison between at least one patient physiological conditi on at its corresponding value reflected in the safety data set.