A Novel System to Tackle Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcer Patients
Journal Title: International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology (IJRASET) - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Health related problems are tremendously increasing in our day to day life. Hospital acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) is a major problem that affects the patients who are admitted in hospital with sudden illness for a long duration. Earlier the occurrence of HAPUs has been minimized by turning the patient for every 2 hours to alternating lateral positions, and by using pressure redistributing mattresses. Difficulty in monitoring patient position continuously, lack of turn reminders or alerts and insufficient caregiver facility increases the occurrence of HAPUs. A novel method is proposed to reduce the risk of HAPUs. The proposed method consists of checker board mattresses which automatically change its position according to the mobility and activity of the patient by using the Braden scale assessment tool which requires the appropriate sensors to monitor the mobility and activity of the patient. The patient's position is continuously monitored and the turning procedure is automatically carried out and updated regularly to the doctor’s and the hospital's system, thereby enabling centralized monitoring. Using this proposed system, the risk of pressure ulcer is greatly reduced to a great extent and the work of caregiver is also greatly reduced.
Authors and Affiliations
S. Raja, A. Senthil Kumar, N. Priyanka, S. Ramya, R. Sahana
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP23678
- DOI http://doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2017.3216
- Views 290
- Downloads 4
Design of Improved Array Multiplier by Carry Select Logic
Multiplier is such an important element from the point of power consumption and speed of operation in the system. Multiplication using deletion scheme provides an efficient method for reducing the power and area as comp...
A Review on Embedded Security System
Security system was implemented more than years ago, but only today are the conditions united for mass application of this technology. The customer require simple, reliable and high performance core system. In recently...
Automatic Slide Generation of Academic Paper
Presentation slides have been a effective and easy means to present and transfer information, especially in academic conferences. Academic papers are difficult to read and summarize content within a short span of time....
Fish Species Diversity of Benisagar Dam, Turki, Satna (M.P.) India
The study was conducted during 2013 to 2014. The study revealed that different regions of the dam receive variable precipitation and hence meteorological factors governing the physico-chemical properties of the dam whic...
Exploring Usability Effects of Increasing Security in Click-Based Graphical Password
Graphical passwords have been proposed to address known problems with traditional text passwords. For example, memorable user-chosen text passwords are predictable, but random system assigned passwords are difficult to...