An Iot Application to Monitor the Variation in Pressure to Prevent the Risk of Pressure Ulcers in Elderly

Title

An Iot Application to Monitor the Variation in Pressure to Prevent the Risk of Pressure Ulcers in Elderly

Creator

Vijayalakshmi A.; Jose D.V.

Description

Pressure sores are a common form of skin problem which occurs with patients who are bedridden or immobile. It is believed that the occurrence of ulcers due to pressure can be prevented. Making best use of resources available and providing comfort to the patient, it is very much important to identify people at risk and provide preventive measures. This work is associated with a method to analyze pressure from pressure points on bedridden patients. A system is presented in this work that continuously monitors the pressure from pressure points using force sensors and sends an alarm to the nurses or caretakers if there is a variation in the pressure exerted on a specific area. 2018 IEEE.

Source

Proceedings 2018 3rd International Conference on Computational Systems and Information Technology for Sustainable Solutions, CSITSS 2018, pp. 282-284.

Date

2018-01-01

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Subject

Force sensor; IoT; Pressure sore; Pressure ulcer

Coverage

Vijayalakshmi A., Department of Computer Science, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Bangalore, India; Jose D.V., Department of Computer Science, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Bangalore, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISBN: 978-153866078-2

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Conference paper

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1109/CSITSS.2018.8768731

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