The added feature of the IntelliVue Clinical Network, which can span the hospital enterprise, allows for flexible monitoring to serve a broad spectrum of monitoring needs: from patient monitors, telemetry, bedside devices, clinical information systems, and the central station. When a patient is in transit within the hospital, clinicians at the central station can monitor parameters, alarms and trends remotely.

As the requirements for monitoring change, the IntelliVue MP5 can be equipped with new capabilities. This upgradeability provides the security of knowing that the monitors can be enhanced and updated as practices and technologies advance.


Clinical Decision Support When and Where it is Needed

The Philips HeartStart MRx Monitor/Defibrillator allows hospital staff to organize their resources before a patient even arrives. The innovative system enables paramedics to quickly acquire and wirelessly transmit a patient's 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) data to the emergency department and/or other hospital locations, helping avoid unnecessary delays to treatment.

Once inside the hospital emergency department, the MRx monitor/defibrillator also now provides the capability to communicate real-time patient data wirelessly on the Philips IntelliVue Clinical Network. Beginning upon arrival, and as the patient is transported and awaiting treatment, this industry-first offered in the U.S. provides continuous surveillance of the patient's waveforms and vital signs with a combined device including advanced monitoring, built-in pacing, synchronized cardioversion and defibrillation capabilities.

The HeartStart MRx allows hospitals to transport patients who require cardiac monitoring or therapy between departments or within the same unit without changing equipment, potentially resulting in efficiency gains. The MRx can also be used at the bedside in departments that would benefit from having both centralized surveillance and cardiac therapy at their fingertips.

The device is also equipped with Q-CPR technology, the first comprehensive technology that provides real-time cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) monitoring and feedback for advanced life support (ALS) - trained responders. Q-CPR offers medical professionals corrective feedback on the rate and depth of chest compressions, as well as the frequency and quality of ventilations (breaths), encouraging them to adjust their technique, as needed, to improve CPR performance.

Visitors can experience Philips award-winning technologies and additional innovative monitoring solutions at NTI, booth number 1933.

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