Re: [Gnumed-devel] CPR feature idea

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 12:38:21PM +0100, Hilmar Berger wrote:

> > Imagine a "big red" button in the "right upper" corner. When
> > you hit it all other clients at the local site pop up a
> > modal (yes ;-), all-red page with large yellow letters:
> > ...
> Sounds nice, but wouldn't it be easier to pick up the phone or just shout
> "Emergency!" ?
Picking up the phone is point-to-point while I need
broadcast. I can shout "Emergency!" all day long in my
exam room and no one (besides the patient) will hear me.

> After all, you have to make sure that the other persons
> receive the call - what if they are not looking on the screen (examining a
> patient, drawing blood,...) or are just rebooting/logging in/... 
Too bad. It's nothing to be relied upon. The client is
typically running 99% of the time. And it neednt't be a
silent message either.

> Keep it sweet and simple means also do not duplicate things that already
> exist and are better/sufficiently done by other means.
Better perhaps, sufficiently is the question. Duplication
means redundancy (backup strategy, that is) which in case of
emergency communications has always been the norm.

Karsten
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