Wireless sensing system for the welfare of sewer labourers

Healthcare Technology Letters

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V.D. Ambeth Kumar¹  D. Elangovan¹  G. Gokul²  J. Praveen Samuel¹  V.D. Ashok Kumar³ 

[1] Computer Science and Engineering, Panimalar Engineering College;Electronics and Communication Engineering, Panimalar Engineering College;Computer Science and Engineering, St. Peter's University

关键词: gas sensors;    wireless sensor networks;    biomedical measurement;    personnel;    health hazards;    industrial accidents;    wireless sensing system;    sewer labourer welfare;    environmental pollution monitoring;    toxic chemicals;    toxic gases;    microcontroller;    internet of things;    hazardous gases;    heart beats;    pulse detector;    alert warning message;    health center;    first aid;    fully automated;    quick response time;   

DOI  :  10.1049/htl.2017.0017

学科分类：肠胃与肝脏病学

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

There is a growing demand for the environmental pollution monitoring and control systems. In the view of ever increasing sources of toxic chemicals, these systems should have the facilities to detect and calibrate the source quickly. Toxic gases are the ones that cause health impact but humans are being exposed to it in various situations. These gases have to be monitored such that increase in the normal level of them could be known and proper precaution measures can be undertaken. So, an embedded system is designed using a microcontroller with internet of things, for the purpose of detecting and monitoring the hazardous gas leakage, which aids in the evasion of endangering of human lives. The hazardous gases can be sensed and displayed each and every second, in proximity to one more sensor for tracking heart beats which help to monitor the condition of the sewer labourers. If both the gases along with a pulse detector exceeds the normal level then an alarm is generated immediately and also an alert warning message can be sent to the authorised administrator and as well to the nearest health center to make the sewer labourers feel comfortable with necessary first aid and possibilities with the treatment in the case of emergency. Once the message is received by the health center, they enforce their team with necessary first aid to the current location to save the sewer labourer. Once this system is established for a particular user this will completely become fully automated and does not need any other additional people for monitoring and alerting purpose. It has an advantage over the manual method in offering quick response time and accurate detection of an emergency.

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