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Detailed Needs and Requirements: Cardio-Pulmonary Unit
2. Technology
Continued development of physiological monitoring equipment may
have significant effects on the cardio-pulmonary unit. More versatile
telemetric equipment should simplify testing procedures by eliminating
the need for direct attachment between patients and equipment. This
would be particularly helpful in procedures such as cardiac
catheterization where the amount of monitoring equipment in the room
and monitoring leads attached to the patient severely restrict patient
and staff mobility during procedures.
Increased use of computers in relation to patient monitoring and
diagnosis is likely on the cardio-pulmonary unit.
More complex laboratory procedures for heart and lung diagnosis and
increased use of radioisotopes are probable in the future. This would
imply a closer interaction between cardio-pulmonary units and central
clinical laboratory and radioisotopes facilities.
5211.2
FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS
5211.2.1
Functional Relationships
Ideally, the cardio-pulmonary unit would relate to:
1. medical intensive care unit;
2. cardiac intensive care unit;
3. inhalation therapy unit;
4. organ transplant unit;
5. surgery;
6. pulmonary intensive care units and;
7. pulmonary intermediate care units.
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