Kauvery Hospital has proposed to adopt a wearable device to remotely monitor patients shifted from intensive care unit to the wards.
A wireless biosensor patch that is attached to the patient’s chest to monitor vital signs such as the ECG, respiratory rate temperature, oxygen levels and issues alerts, enabling doctors to treat the patient in an emergency.
“Generally, ICU patients are continuously monitored during their stay and once we see improvement in their condition, they are shifted to the ward. In a normal ward, their vitals are monitored once every four or eight hours,” said N. Sridhar, consultant intensivist, Critical Care.
