Real Time Remote Monitoring of Vital Parameters in Emergency Situations

Abstract

Advances in telemedicine have resulted in the creation of medical systems that can wirelessly monitor the vital parameters of patients. These medical systems have significant role in saving people’s life and reducing the death-rate, especially in cases of massive disasters, where there are large number of patients, limited resources, and insufficient information about their health state. This paper presents software solution for remote monitoring of vital parameters in real time, by using multiple reliable biosensors. The solution provides monitoring of several vital parameters: ECG, heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure and oxygen saturation. Collected data from the biosensors are stored locally on a mobile device and on the remote server which can be used for real-time monitoring of the patient state in the hospital. The solution is tested in the General Hospital in Celje, Slovenia.