Title :
Advancetid network based wireless, single PMS for multiple-patient monitoring
Author :
Megalingam, Rajesh Kannan ; Vineeth, R. ; Krishnan, M.U.D. ; Akhil, K.S. ; Jacob, Denny Chakko
Author_Institution :
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, India
Abstract :
Real-time monitoring of the physical condition of the patients is one of the major challenges faced by hospital authorities nowadays. All the hospitals today have one Patient Monitoring System (PMS) per patient. Also human intervention is needed frequently for critical patients. In this paper we propose a network based Wireless Single PMS (NWSPMS), which can monitor multiple patients to measure various physical parameters. This must be precise, fast and effective for transmission of information about their health condition to the concerned. Also there lies a need to transmit more parameters and more data for the convenience and fast response by the staffs in the hospital. Since we need an immediate response, we make use of the voice-call facility apart from the SMS mechanism via an GSM modem. The system proposed here monitors blood pressure, heart beat rate, body temperature and ECG of the elderly patient thus giving an overall condition of the patient.
Keywords :
biomedical communication; electrocardiography; geriatrics; haemodynamics; health care; patient monitoring; wireless sensor networks; ECG; GSM modem; NWSPMS; SMS mechanism; advance network based wireless single PMS; blood pressure; body temperature; elderly patient; heart beat rate; hospitals; human intervention; multiple-patient monitoring; real-time monitoring; voice-call facility; Biomedical monitoring; Medical services; Modems; Monitoring; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; ECG; GSM modem; PMS; SMS; network;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT), 2011 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8830-8