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Patient Heartbeat And Temperature Monitor
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1.2 WHAT IS A PATIENT HEARTBEAT AND TEMPERATURE MONITOR USING RF.?
A
patient heartbeat and temperature monitor using RF. is a radio frequency
based pulse wave and body temperature monitoring system, which allows
the control of a sick person’s condition in real time. The system
monitors the heart beat and temperature of a patient simultaneously and
if the patients heartbeat rate or body temperature is abnormal, the
system alerts sends an alert to the doctor or patient’s family members
to quickly examine or diagnose the patient’s condition and take early
precaution to save the patient’s life. The alerts sound can be triggered
at any time as long as there is a deviation in the health condition of
the patient from the normal, such that the status of the patient can be
known on time. The system consists of a sensor, which monitors the
patient and sends a signal to a microcontroller, which processes it to
determine the temperature and heartbeat rate of the patient before
sending an alert to a receiver using radio frequency. The receiver has
to be in the possession of the patient’s doctor or family members. This
project can also be used by athletes who engage in physical exercise and
by medical professionals. Individuals, such as athletes, cyclists or
those who are interested in monitoring their heartbeat rate and body
temperature to gain maximum efficiency from their training can also use
this project. It can be used during physical exercise and healthcare.
1.3 PROBLEM DEFINITION
The
human health is one of the most important concerns in the world today.
Anything/everything becomes meaningless when one becomes sick and dies
due to improper Medicare. For health reasons, people, governments and
several voluntary bodies spend a lot of money to ensure a better health
condition for themselves and the entire populace. Scientists and
Engineers are always at work to device a means of supporting/sustaining a
sound health condition for all through the invention of numerous
technologies both Electrical/Mechanical gadgets that are in use for
health care delivery today. The heart is a very delicate organ in the
human body (once it stops beating, nothing else matters). Thus, If early
actions are taken (and on time) the heart condition can be managed
effectively and many patients can be cured and
saved. The problem of
patients slumping and dying is associated with cardiovascular arrests
and can be checkmated this sensitive and highly effective device (the
patient heartbeat and temperature monitor). This device has an
outstanding advantage that it is easy to handle and access. Heartbeat
rate and body temperature monitors are part of the most vital tools
needed in first aid kit for saving lives. Unlike the x-ray, the
heartbeat and temperature monitor does not impose any hazard to the
human health. There devices in the market which can provide raw
measurement data of the patients to the doctors, but the patients may
not be able to interpret the medical measurement into a meaningful
diagnosis due to their limited medical background. On the other hand, if
raw medical data is delivered to the doctor, time is wasted and may
pose a problem, but in emergencies waste of time can never be tolerated.
It is tough to share data over large area within a short period. Most
of the products available in the market have this drawback of limitation
in flexibility and portability. If the heat that is produced from
metabolism cannot be checkmated on time, it will cause a turbulent body
temperature, which could be worse than 40°C and lead to headache,
vertigo, low blood pressure, high energy consumption, unconsciousness
and crocking up of body temperature regulation function. On the other
hand, when the produced heat is less than the dissipating heat, the body
temperature cannot hold on and it will result to a decrease in
metabolism.
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