Resources

It is sometime difficult to gather detailed domain knowledge about the development and use of medical devices. This page provides a variety of resources that we have accumulated from publicly available material on the web that may prove useful to researchers working on the Open PCA Pump and other projects.

PCA Pump in nutshell

• Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Pumps: The Basics

PCA Clinical Tutorials from Columbia Gorge Community College

• PCA Introduction (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAI5sPOAxqU)
• PCA Setup I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtWjHQN-wu8)
• PCA Setup II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXaMW754Hk4)
• PCA Initiation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDIoo___tkg)
• PCA Manage I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMbYHvgfY2U)
• PCA Manage II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYPrtxHG5e8)

Baxter PCA Pump Tutorial

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqGCOLIglqE

PCA Clinical Guidelines

• Patient-Controlled Analgesia: Making it Safer for Patients , Cohen et al. (.pdf)
• Patient-Controlled Analgesia: Guidelines of Care, San Diego Patient Safety Taskforce (.pdf)
• Acute Post operative Analgesia Guidelines: Patient Controlled Analgesia, Royal Cornwall Hospitals, UK (.pdf)
• Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Policy for Adult and Paediatric Patients, West Hertfordshire, UK (.pdf)
• PCA Safety Checklist, from the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety (.pdf

PCA Pump Prescription Forms and Drug Dosage

• Physician's Order Form -- New Hanover Regional Medical Center (.pdf)
• Physician's Order Form -- Overlake Hospital Medical Center (.pdf)
• Physician's Order Form -- St. Luke's Hospital (Chesterfield, MO) (.pdf)
• Morphine Dosage

PCA Pump Prescription Auto-Programming

• From Smart Pumps to Intelligent Infusion Systems – The Promise of Interoperability, Patient Safety and Quality Health Care, May/June 2014. (.pdf)

PCA Pump Product Spec Sheets and Marketing Materials

• Hospira Life Care PCA 3 (operating manual, service manual)
• ambBIT ambulatory pump from Summit Medical Products, Inc. (marketing spec sheet, product web site, patient manual)
• Alaris SE Pump (user manual, technical service manual)
• CADD-Prizm Ambulatory Infusion Pump (general description, clinician information, technical manual)

PCA Pump Problems

• Mary E. Burkhardt's keynote presentation at the conference "Improving Medication Safety Through Effective Communication and Teamwork." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY3YyyQjvtQ)
• Paolo Masci's presentation on user interface oddities and problems in infusion pumps. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0QmUe0bwL8)

Improving Pump Safety via Monitoring of Respiratory Health

• A story about a loss of life and motivation for dedicated monitoring for PCA pumps using capnography (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNZbvs3aByc)
• Medical Device Plug-n-Play Project's overview of using the Integrated Clinical Environment (ICE) to implement a safety-interlock for a PCA pump based on capnography and pulse oximetry monitoring. (http://www.mdpnp.org/MD_PnP_Program___Clinical_S.html) (see the videos under Scenario #1)
• Clinical study on PCA monitoring -- Maddox et al. "Continuous Respiratory Monitoring and a `Smart' Infusion System Improve Safety of Patient-Controlled Analgesia in the Postoperative Period." (.pdf)
• Clinical study on PCA monitoring -- Maddox et al. "Clinical Experience with Capnography Monitoring for PCA Patients." (.pdf)
• Clinical study on PCA monitoring -- Overdyk et al. "Improving Outcomes in Med-Surg Patients with Opiod-Induced Respiratory Depression." (.pdf)