The use of new technology to lessen the death-rate of soldiers injured in combat

On a battlefield wounded soldiers suffer comlex and severe injuries. First responder has a primary role in these situations, providing medical treatment to wounded soldiers, helping them to stay alive until medics can treat them. Recent technological development can help first-responder and medics to triage wounded and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of these emergency activities. In this paper we are presenting a novel approach, using a biosensor for measuring soldiers’ vital parameters data, and a mobile application for gathering, organizing and visualizing this data. We believe that this solution will help saving more lives on a battlefield

Continuous Vital Parameters Monitoring by Using Biosensors and Smart Technology Solution

In this paper we present wireless solution for continuous monitoring of vital parameters by using the leverage of both the biosensors and the smart technology. The proposed solution consists of three commercially available biomedical sensors and a portable smart technology device. The integration allows continuous capture of the heart rate, respiratory rate, part-time blood pressure and oxygen saturation. The application enables insight into the recent history of the parameters, additionally providing information of the shock index, Glasgow comma scale score and the hemodynamic stability of the patient. The solution is suitable for pre-hospital, during the vehicle transport and in-hospital environment. Given all the hardware used is commercially available, the integration is highly cost effective when compared to the hospital equipment. The reliability has been tested in hospital environment

Evaluation of wearable system for measuring vital parameters in clinical environment

A continuous monitoring of physiological data is especially important for individuals whose chronic condition includes the risk of sudden acute events. Physiological measurements fluctuate over the course of the day, so a once-daily reading might not provide the whole picture. Standard ambulatory systems for monitoring, are not suitable for monitoring over long period of time. The new systems and techniques suitable for hospital environment are investigated over the past years. In this study, we present a wearable system which includes a Zephyr bio-module for measuring patient's vital parameters. Data is collected wirelessly and displayed on mobile device via software. In order to be used in hospitals, the developed system was clinically tested. The data for heart rate (HR) and respiratory rate (RR), obtained with the developed system were compared to the same parameters obtained by the standard medical device, in order to compare their accuracy. Preliminary results from these tests are shown in this paper