Title :
Preventing cot death for infants in day care
Author :
Al-Dasoqi, N. ; Mason, A. ; Shaw, A. ; Al-Shamma, A.I.
Author_Institution :
RF & Microwaves Group, Liverpool John Moores Univ., Liverpool, UK
Abstract :
It is estimated that 1 in 2000 live born infants die as a result of what is commonly referred to as cot death. Of these cases, 20-30% of the deaths occur in licensed day care centres. Due to the current financial crisis it is possible that the number of children left in care will increase as parents have to work longer hours to maintain their standard of living. It is the intention of this paper to present a prototype system which utilises miniature wireless sensor devices which could allow online monitoring of infants at home, as well as in large day care centres.
Keywords :
health and safety; paediatrics; patient care; patient monitoring; telemedicine; wireless sensor networks; cot death; licensed day care centres; miniature wireless sensor devices; online monitoring; prototype system; Aging; Circuits; Guidelines; Lungs; Microphones; Monitoring; Pediatrics; Prototypes; Sleep; Wireless sensor networks; Sensor networks; Zigbee; baby monitor; healthcare; motes; wireless;
Conference_Titel :
Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Limerick
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4988-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4989-7
DOI :
10.1109/SAS.2010.5439377
