Surgery monitor system

A method for a surgical team preventing wrong site medical procedures on a patient wearing a patient armband, said patient armband having patient identification indicia, said method comprised of

• a. providing a surgery monitor system having:
• a portable storage device, said portable storage device being capable of storing patient multimedia data;
• a recording device, said recording device being operationally connectable to said portable storage device;
• a securing device attachable to said patient armband, said securing device also attachable to said portable storage device;
• a playback device for playing back said patient multimedia data;
• said playback device being operationally connectable to said portable storage device;
• a first cable for operationally connecting said recording device to said portable storage device;
• a second cable for operationally connecting said recording device to said playback device;
• whereby said surgery monitor system is capable of making a recording of patient multimedia data during a first event, and additionally said surgery monitor system is capable of playing back said patient multimedia data during a second event;
• and whereby said multimedia data correlates with said patient identification indicia;
• b. performing the steps of:
• acquiring a first list of questions to ask said patient, and a second list of preparation procedures where reviewing said patient multimedia data are to be performed;
• attaching said portable storage device to said patient armband;
• operationally connecting said portable storage device to said recording device;
• asking questions from said first list of questions and recording responses;
• disconnecting said first cable from said portable storage device for each preparation procedure on said second list:
• connecting said portable storage device to said playback device using said second cable if said second cable is not already connected,
• verifying said preparation procedure is consistent with said patient multimedia data,
• if said preparation procedure is not consistent with said patient multimedia data, then fixing and repeating said preparation procedure,
• prior to surgery start, said surgical team verifies said preparation procedure is consistent with said patient multimedia data.

A surgery monitor system for preventing wrong site medical procedures on a patient wearing a patient armband, said patient armband having a patient identification barcode that uniquely identifies said patient, said surgery monitor system comprising:

• a smartphone type device, said smartphone type device additionally comprising a multimedia recorder, said multimedia recorder also comprising a first barcode scanner wherein said smartphone type device is capable of performing a barcode scan reading said patient identification barcode, said multimedia recorder additionally capable of recording said patient multimedia data;
• a multimedia network server;
• a wireless, encrypted two-way connection between said smartphone type device and said multimedia network server wherein said recorded patient multimedia data may be stored on said multimedia network server and uniquely identified by said patient identification barcode;
• a playback device, said playback device being capable of wireless, encrypted two-way connection between said multimedia network server and said playback device,
• said playback device additionally comprising a second barcode scanner wherein said second barcode scanner being additionally capable of reading said patient identification barcode thereby identifying said patient,
• said playback device capable of playing back said recorded multimedia data uniquely identified by said patient identification barcode, said recorded multimedia data transmitted from said multimedia network server via said wireless, encrypted two-way connection.