Subsection 6.7. Computers in medicine for Information and Communication Technology, IGCSE - revisedeck

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6.7. Computers in medicine

A subsection of Information and Communication Technology, 0417, through 6. ICT applications

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A hospital uses computers to monitor patients’ conditions. Name three physical variables that could be monitored. Explain why computers cannot read physical variables directly. For Examiner's Use Tick three advantages of using a computer rather than a nurse to monitor a patient’s condition. Nurses always make mistakes Computers can monitor continuously without taking breaks Computers can measure more than one variable at the same time Computers can take readings more frequently Nurses cannot take readings regularly Computers can analyse the results The nurses will need a printed record of the computer readings as they are taken. They have decided to use a graph plotter. Give two reasons why they have chosen a graph plotter. When surgeons operate on patients they sometimes need to use computers. Give two reasons why they would use a light pen as an input device.

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2010

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A hospital monitors each patient’s condition using a computer. Tick three physical variables that would be monitored. Pulse rate Room temperature Humidity Body temperature Light Blood pressure Explain why computers cannot read physical variables directly. Give three advantages of using a computer rather than a nurse to monitor a patient’s condition.

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2011

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For Examiner's Use 11 Hospitals often use computers to continuously monitor patients. Describe the monitoring process. Give four advantages of using a computer rather than nurses to monitor patients.

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2013

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Tick three benefits of using computers to store patient records in hospitals.  Patients are always cured. Patient records can be sorted into order more easily. Doctors can find patient records more quickly. Patients’ medicines are never lost. Fewer doctors are needed. Nurses don’t have to be paid as much. Takes up less filing space.

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2014

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Aayush has been involved in an accident and has badly damaged his hand. A surgeon is attempting to replace Aayush’s hand with a prosthetic hand. Explain how the surgeon would use a 3D printer to create the prosthetic hand.

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2019

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The director of a museum in China is planning an exhibition on ancient civilisations. One of the exhibits is a full representation of a 10 000-year-old human. The Natural History Museum in London is planning to send a complete skeleton, but it is too fragile. Describe how a computer could be used to create a 3D copy of the skeleton which will then be printed in China. Describe four benefits of using 3D printers.

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2020

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