• DocumentCode
    3490281
  • Title

    A ventilator and ventilation supervisor for the NASA Space Station

  • Author

    Westenskow, Dwayne R. ; Brunner, Josef X. ; Byrd, Jonathan

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Anesthesiology, Utah Univ., Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    4-7 Nov. 1988
  • Abstract
    An expert ventilator alarm system was developed for the NASA Space Station. The alarm system identifies critical events and delivers diagnostic textual messages in real time. Using simulation, 520 critical events were created. The expert system correctly identified 98% of the events. By providing specific alarm text messages to identify specific events, the system can improve patient care and help the patient care personnel respond more correctly to critical events.<>
  • Keywords
    aerospace biophysics; alarm systems; expert systems; medical diagnostic computing; pneumodynamics; NASA Space Station; aerospace medicine; critical events; diagnostic textual messages; expert ventilator alarm system; patient care personnel; ventilation supervisor; ventilator;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1988. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    New Orleans, LA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-0785-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.1988.95026
  • Filename
    95026