... Reflectance Pulse Oximeter for Remote Physiological Monitoring Y. Mendelson*, Member, IEEE, R. J. Duckworth, Member, IEEE, and G. Comtois, Student Member, IEEE Abstract—To save life, casualty care requires that trauma injuries ...
... area network can also be useful for firefighters, hazardous material workers, mountain climbers, or emergency first-responders operating in harsh and hazardous environments. The primary goals of such a wireless mobile platform would be to keep track of an injured person’s ...
... (comtoisg@wpi.edu). the identifying increased risks, quickly to responders severity of injuries especially when the injured are greatly dispersed over large geographical terrains and often out-of- site, and continuously tracking the injured ...
Additionally, before wearable devices can be used effectively in the field, they must become unobtrusive and should not hinder a person’s mobility.
A tri-axis MEMS accelerometer detects changes in body activity, and the information obtained through the tilt sensing property of the accelerometer is used to determine the orientation of the person wearing the device.
The ad-hoc network would therefore allow medical personnel to quickly distribute sensors to multiple causalities and begin immediate triage, thereby substantially simplifying and reducing deployment time.
The primary goal of such a wireless mobile platform would be to keep track of an injured person’s vital signs via a short-range wirelessly-linked personal area network, thus readily allowing RF telemetry of vital physiological information to ...
The information could enhance the ability of first responders to extend more effective medical care, thereby saving the lives of critically injured persons.