Matching Patient Monitor Screen Size to the Bedside

Screen size is the specification most often decided on price and most often regretted. It should be decided on viewing distance: the question is whether a nurse can read the trace from where they actually stand.

Buying Guide · Ronseda Electronics Co., Ltd

Size follows viewing distance

Ronseda supplies multi-parameter patient monitors in 5, 8, 12.1 and 15 inch displays. The 5 inch touch-screen unit is built for transport and ambulance use where the monitor travels with the patient and is read at arm's length.

The 12.1 and 15 inch units are bedside and theatre instruments, read from the foot of the bed or across a theatre. If the trace has to be read from the doorway, the larger screen is not a luxury.

Standard parameters and modules

Confirm which parameters are standard on the platform and which are plug-in modules. A monitor quoted without the module you need is cheaper for a reason.

Ronseda also supplies plug-in modules separately, so a parameter channel can be added to an installed monitor or a failed board replaced without changing the unit.

Battery runtime decides transport suitability

If the monitor moves with the patient, battery runtime is a clinical specification rather than a convenience. Specify it against the length of a real transfer, including waiting time, not against a best-case figure.

The 5 inch touch-screen unit is specified with a built-in rechargeable lithium battery and supports both AC and DC power for ambulance use.

Buy the ward, not the bed

A ward that buys monitors one at a time ends up with several user interfaces, several accessory families and several spares lists for the same job. One monitor family across a ward means one training session and one accessory shelf.

Order accessories in the same connector family as your existing stock. Where the ward already runs another brand, the Ronseda accessory range covers 23 monitor brands, so the spares shelf can stay consolidated even when the monitors are not.