Patent ID: 7857803

Claim:
A method for controlling the operation of a resuscitation system used to resuscitate a burn patient, the method comprising: receiving patient data including percentage of total body surface area; calculating an initial infusion rate based on at least the patient data; outputting the initial infusion rate to an infusion pump; obtaining a current urinary output from a sensor monitoring urinary output; calculating a new infusion rate based on at least the current infusion rate, the current urinary output, an infusion rate constant, and a urinary constant where at least the infusion rate constant is determined based on time post burn, where the new infusion rate is calculated using the following equation I t = I t - 1 + e ⁡ ( t ) × IRC t UOC t × Y weight × Y tbsa × Guo where I t is the new infusion rate, I t-1 is the last infusion rate, e(t) is the urinary output error determined based on the difference between a target urinary output and the current urinary output, IRC t is the infusion rate constant at time t based on the hours post burn UOC t is the urinary constant Y weight is a modifier based on the patient's weight, Y tbsa is a modifier based on the percentage of the total body surface area and G UO is a Gaussian function based on a target urinary output; and outputting the new infusion rate to the infusion pump.