Monitoring project recruits 1,000th patient

A ground-breaking project at Birmingham Children's Hospital using wireless technology to predict deterioration in seriously ill children has recruited its 1,000th patient.

RAPID (Real-Time Adaptive and Predictive Indicator of Deterioration) is using the Patient Status Engine (PSE), a CE-marked, Class IIa, continuous patient monitoring platform and its Lifetouch 'smart bandage' technology, designed and developed by Isansys, to collect real- time data on vital signs including heart rate, respiration rate and oxygen saturation levels. This data is then analysed to predict when a child's condition may be deteriorating, providing an early warning system that can be acted on immediately.

Five-month-old Rayan-Ali Adris from Smethwick, who is being treated by the hospital's expert cardiac team for aortic stenosis, is the 1,000th patient to take part in the RAPID study.