Development of an IoT-Based System in Detecting Heart Attack and Continuous Monitoring of Heartbeat

Abstract

The main aim of this project is to develop a cohesive methodology for heart rate monitoring and heart attack notification system for any heart patients, especially the elderly and at risk. In this proposed system, a pulse sensor is used to measure a person’s heart rate and post it on hardware as well as upload it to cloud servers through the implementation of IoT. Mobility and compactness were also considered for this system, with a strap-on container for most of the components also designed. Based on the heart rate data, the system also sends notifications on mobile as well as emails to any address about an emergency based on very high or low heart rate. Testing for the performance of this notification system, as well as general accuracy for the system, was tested to be around 96% minimum when compared to at least another commercial device with heart rate measurement capabilities. The system limitations and recommendations have also been done for the system in this report.