Health and Computers

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Computers are used in many areas of a hospital:

In sensors that are attached to patients to detect things such as

Pulse rate

Temperature

Breathing rate

Blood oxygen levels

Blood pressure

The sensors feed information back to a computer which processes the data:

Data is checked for any problems (e.g. pulse rate too low/high)

Data is logged so that it can be checked later

Several outputs from the computer system let hospital staff the patient's condition:

A large display / monitor shows graphs of pulse, breathing, etc.

A loud buzzer / alarm can be sounded if there is a problem to attract the attention of a nurse/doctor

A small printer can produce a hard-copy of the data

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