Design and Development of Cardiopulmonary Health Monitoring System using IoMT

ABSTRACT

In this work, an attempt has been made to develop an Internet-of-Medical-Things (IoMT) based tracking system for cardiopulmonary disease affected patients. COVID-19 pandemic has caused a wide range of illness and organ failure to human beings around the world. Severe infection could alter the heart function and result in damage of the cardiac muscles. The disease could cause lung inflammation, pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome and sometimes resulting in death. To monitor the wellness of heart and lungs of patients recovering from COVID-19, an efficient wearable health tracking system is required. The proposed system consists of a sensor to monitor heart rate and Oxygen Saturation (SpO2) of an individual. The sensor data is sent to an Arduino UNO Microcontroller. The normal range of heart rate and oxygen saturation are set as threshold in the control unit. If the heart rate and SpO2 levels are above or below the threshold, the control module will send an alert to the nearby nursing station and provide treatment to the patient. The patient data is continuously recorded and stored in the hospital's cloud as electronic health record. The prototype was tested in individuals in relaxed state and after performing tasks such as stair climbing. Results indicate that the proposed system could accurately track the status of the heart function along with oxygen saturation levels. Hence, this could be used as a cardiopulmonary health tracking device thereby assisting the clinicians in providing appropriate critical care services to the infected patients. © 2022 IEEE.