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Objective:To design an alarm system for patients'tumble based on a six-axes attitude sensor so as to monitor patients'tumble during they lied in bed of hospital or they acted in ward of hospital.Methods:The internet of things (IOT) platform with six-axes attitude sensor and Zigbee module which adopted the functions of measurement and calculation based on six-axes attitude sensor were used to compose automatic alarm system for patients'tumble in ward of hospital.Arduino was adopted as the development platform of hardware to obtain the sensors data that were worn on patients through the I2C trunk method.And through implemented preprocess and numerical value filtering for data to perform posture calculation.Results:This design has realized the recognition for patient's current position and the alarm in time for sudden event of tumble.It could assist clinical workers to achieve better care for patients.Conclusion:This design basically realizes the function of monitoring and alarm for the situation of patient's tumble, but there are some problems includes sporadic misjudgment and oversize wearing hardware.It is planned to improve the practicability of the system by improving the algorithm and hardware platform.
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Most epidemiological surveillance systems for severe infections with epidemic potential are based on accumulated symptomatic cases in defined geographical areas. Eventually, all cases have to be clinically verified to confirm an outbreak. These patients will present high fever at the early stages of the disease. Here, we introduce a non-invasive low-cost electronic device (bracelet) that measures and reports 24/7, year-round information on the temperature, geographical location, and identification of the subject using the device. The data receiver can be installed in a tower (ground) or a drone (air) in densely populated or remote areas. The prototype was made with low-cost electronic components, and it was tested indoors and outdoors. The prototype shows efficient ground and air connectivity. This electronic device will allow health professionals to monitor the prevalence of fever in a geographical area and to reduce the time span between the presentation of the first cases of a potential outbreak and their medical evaluation by giving an early warning. Field tests of the device, programs, and technical diagrams of the prototype are available as Supplementary Materials.
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There are a growing number of small children-as well as adults-with mental disabilities (including elderly citizens with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of age-related dementia) that are getting lost in rural and urban areas for various reasons. Establishing their location within the first 72 h is crucial because lost people are exposed to all kinds of adverse conditions and in the case of the elderly, this is further aggravated if prescribed medication is needed. Herein we describe a non-invasive, low-cost electronic device that operates constantly, keeping track of time, the geographical location and the identification of the subject using it. The prototype was made using commercial low-cost electronic components. This electronic device shows high connectivity in open and closed areas and identifies the geographical location of a lost subject. We freely provide the software and technical diagrams of the prototypes.