Ecuador. Health institution in Guayaquil is using video surveillance cameras to assist patients who cannot communicate their requirements.
The Alfredo Paulson Women's Hospital, which mainly provides obstetric gynecological care to more than 800 women every day in Guayaquil, Ecuador, managed to give a rapid response to emergencies in critical rooms, through its video surveillance system. When the cameras show that a patient suffered an unforeseen event and could not communicate it in a timely manner to the medical staff, the control room informs the assistance team immediately.
In total, 235 cameras of the Swedish manufacturer Axis Communications work in the 36 thousand square meters of the building of specialized care for women and maternity, distributed over five floors, basement and outside parking lots. That allows greater control in the daily circulation that the place has, including operating rooms, intensive care rooms and laboratories.
The resource is especially useful in areas where there are cameras and patients have the need to be treated without being able to communicate the emergency to the staff. The system also works as a support tool for the multidisciplinary team, since although the hospital has more than 1000 employees, emergencies can arise and in this way notice can be given and delays in assisting women or neonates who require priority can be reduced.
In this way, the 553 beds (337 for adults and 216 for newborns), the 18 operating rooms and the 8 delivery rooms, are absolutely protected from any type of unforeseen events.
One of the camera models is AXIS P1354-E, a fixed dome that has Lightfinder technology, which allows you to visualize in colors in almost total darkness. AXIS M3004-V was also adopted, which is ultra-compact in design and ideal for small spaces or for places where a more discreet installation was needed. This device allows you to perfectly visualize video sequences in vertical orientation, such as corridors and accesses, thanks to the Corridor Format, which generates images in 9:16.
The software used is the VMS Milestone Expert 2014, from Milestone, a partner of Axis, which allows all equipment to be interconnected and gives the possibility of scalability, which is in line with the vision for the coming years. "We know it is a long-term investment in open technology that will allow us to expand the project," said Eng. Freddy Matamoros Espinosa, Chief of Hospital Engineering at Hospital de la Mujer.
Axis partner Melacorp devised the project under the hospital's vision for the future, so as to provide long-term efficiency with absolutely scalable technology.
