Fog Computing for Intelligent Cloud IoT Systems

13IOT-Based Patient Monitoring System in Real Time

Suparna Biswas¹*, Tirtha Chakraborty², Souvik Mitra², Shubham Banerjee², Tuhin Sarkar² and Sourav Paul²

¹ Faculty of Electronics and Communication Engineering Department Guru Nanak Institute of Technology Kolkata, India

²Student of Electronics and Communication Engineering Department Guru Nanak Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India

Abstract

This work presents an Internet of things (IOT)-based patient monitoring system utilizing Node MCU (microcontroller unit), which is enabled with an ESP8266 chip, and two sensors’ modules attached externally. These two modules are used to determine the pulse rate and temperature of the patient. With the help of Node MCU’s Wi-Fi capabilities especially the ESP-12E (Wi-Fi) module, the data captured by the sensors from the patient’s body are directly uploaded or fed into a cloud platform, ThingSpeak, in real time. Aside from the 24-hour patient monitoring without manpower, this system is also capable of detecting any serious abnormality in the vital signs of the patient and in real time, the doctor and nurses will be informed. Apart from that, the reading that the sensor collected from the patient can be put under study and could be analyzed remotely by a doctor.

This work would reduce the workload for medical staff or nurses in hospitals. Conventional methods that require nurses to check up each patient to record measurement of vital signs is time-consuming and hectic at times, so with this ...