IoT-based COVID-19 Patient Vital Sign Monitoring

Abstract

The number of COVID-19 cases is growing rapidly, while there is not enough healthcare workers which can help the patients. Even worse, the highly contagious nature of this disease, requires the medical staff to be more restrictive and wear the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) all the time when handling the patients directly. In this situation, a remote system which can monitor patient progress from a distant is inevitable. The emerge of Internet of Thing (IoT) technology has been implemented in many domain. The availability of smart technology, where almost all devices around us has connectivity to the internet, allow people to automate process from distance. The implementation of IoT has also been shown very helpful in medical domain, especially during the pandemics. The IoT technology can be a suitable solution for monitoring patients with a highly contagious disease. The technology can also be very helpful for people who live far from healthcare facility. This can allow people to report immediately and even connect to the hospital system in real-time. In this paper, we propose the use of three different sensors, namely: heart-rate and pulse oximeter sensor (MAX30102), temperature sensor(DS18b20) and accelerometer sensor, which is integrated in a web-based early warning monitoring system for COVID-19 patients.