THE DEVELOPMENT OF IOT BASED PORTABLE MONITORING DEVICE FOR COVID-19 PATIENT

Abstract

COVID-19 has posed a significant threat to public health across the world, including Malaysia. A COVID-19 patient needs to be monitored regularly and self-isolated if under home quarantined without caretakers. The unbearable number of cases has truly affected the healthcare system in managing them. To address this issue, we have developed an IOT based portable monitoring device for COVID-19 patients which is capable of measuring and recording the heart rate, oxygen saturation and electrical activity of the heart. The device comprises of a heart rate sensor, an oxygen saturation sensor (SPO2), an ECG sensor, Arduino Uno as microcontroller and an IoT server to enable the system to record the data and send it to the application which will be monitored by the end user of the heart, all of which represent indicators of the COVID-19 virus will be measured and any abnormal readings gives the immediate alert to the end user to attend to the patient. This low-cost portable device can improve the flexibility of managing and protecting the health and safety of patients or healthcare workers while also preventing COVID-19 outbreaks