ABSTRACT
There is a tremendous demand on the critical care resources due to the extensive spread of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the large number of patients requiring critical care. The efficacy of a device directly influences how long a patient lives since patients are often receiving critical care. Smart infusion pump is a medical device that can drip fluids into the patient's body. This device is considered as one of the most safety-critical medical devices due to the way it functions and the risks it presents. The main objective of this work is to develop an affordable infusion pump usin g embedded technology. The main tactic is to develop equipment that can identify air bubbles in infusion pump tubing since even a little one might obstruct blood flow and result in mortality. This method may provide consumers an accurate result, making it the greatest method for identifying bubbles and saving lives.
ABSTRACT
In response to rapid spread of COVID-19 Novel Corona Virus, all the economic and social activities were ceased at national level. Educational institutes were the first to be locked down and universities were asked to deliver online courses. This was received with resistance from students and academic experts with claims that universities neither have the capacity to deliver online courses due to lack of adequately trained faculty members nor does the country have supportive infrastructure in the form of availability of internet across the country. The study was intended to understand the constraints faced by these university students who were offered online courses in the first phase. The data was collected from graduate students enrolled in social science department along with teaching faculty members. Questionnaires followed by in-depth interviews were used to collect the data from a sample of 16 students along with 4 faculty members and representative of technical team of the university. A FGD was conducted with the university management. Results showed that poor connectivity of internet, communication gap that is inherent to online education due to absence of physical class room environment and over exposure to screen is considered as the major constraint to online education. But with the passage of time acceptability to online education is increasing and students also see the positive dimensions of online education now and the start of second phase of online education seems much smooth now.