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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