2 research outputs found
IoT-Based Remote Health Monitoring System Employing Smart Sensors for Asthma Patients during COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID19 and asthma are respiratory diseases that can be life threatening in
uncontrolled circumstances and require continuous monitoring. A poverty
stricken South Asian country like Bangladesh has been bearing the brunt of the
COVID19 pandemic since its beginning. The majority of the country's population
resides in rural areas, where proper healthcare is difficult to access. This
emphasizes the necessity of telemedicine, implementing the concept of the
Internet of Things (IoT), which is still under development in Bangladesh. This
paper demonstrates how the current challenges in the healthcare system are
resolvable through the design of a remote health and environment monitoring
system, specifically for asthma patients who are at an increased risk of
COVID19. Since on-time treatment is essential, this system will allow doctors
and medical staff to receive patient information in real time and deliver their
services immediately to the patient regardless of their location. The proposed
system consists of various sensors collecting heart rate, body temperature,
ambient temperature, humidity, and air quality data and processing them through
the Arduino Microcontroller. It is integrated with a mobile application. All
this data is sent to the mobile application via a Bluetooth module and updated
every few seconds so that the medical staff can instantly track patients'
conditions and emergencies. The developed prototype is portable and easily
usable by anyone. The system has been applied to five people of different ages
and medical histories over a particular period. Upon analyzing all their data,
it became clear which participants were particularly vulnerable to health
deterioration and needed constant observation. Through this research, awareness
about asthmatic symptoms will improve and help prevent their severity through
effective treatment anytime, anywhere.Comment: Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (2022
IoT-Based Water Quality Assessment System for Industrial Waste WaterHealthcare Perspective
The environment, especially water, gets polluted due to industrialization and
urbanization. Pollution due to industrialization and urbanization has harmful
effects on both the environment and the lives on Earth. This polluted water can
cause food poisoning, diarrhea, short-term gastrointestinal problems,
respiratory diseases, skin problems, and other serious health complications. In
a developing country like Bangladesh, where ready-made garments sector is one
of the major sources of the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP), most of the
wastes released from the garment factories are dumped into the nearest rivers
or canals. Hence, the quality of the water of these bodies become very
incompatible for the living beings, and so, it has become one of the major
threats to the environment and human health. In addition, the amount of fish in
the rivers and canals in Bangladesh is decreasing day by day as a result of
water pollution. Therefore, to save fish and other water animals and the
environment, we need to monitor the quality of the water and find out the
reasons for the pollution. Real-time monitoring of the quality of water is
vital for controlling water pollution. Most of the approaches for controlling
water pollution are mainly biological and lab-based, which takes a lot of time
and resources. To address this issue, we developed an Internet of Things
(IoT)-based real-time water quality monitoring system, integrated with a mobile
application. The proposed system in this research measures some of the most
important indexes of water, including the potential of hydrogen (pH), total
dissolved solids (TDS), and turbidity, and temperature of water. The proposed
system results will be very helpful in saving the environment, and thus,
improving the health of living creatures on Earth