TY - JOUR T1 - Effective CPR Procedure With Real Time Evaluation and Feedback Using Smartphones JF - IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine Y1 - 2014 A1 - Gupta, Neeraj A1 - Dantu, Vishnu A1 - Ram Dantu KW - Acceleration KW - Accelerometers KW - blood KW - blood oxygen saturation KW - cardio pulmonary resuscitation KW - cardiology KW - compression depth KW - compression frequency KW - CPR KW - CPR parameters KW - CPR procedure KW - depth of compression KW - Feedback KW - Frequency measurement KW - frequency of compression KW - medical computing KW - mouth-to-mouth breathing KW - Oxygen KW - oxygen saturation KW - pneumodynamics KW - real-time evaluation KW - real-time systems KW - smart phones KW - smartphones KW - verbal instructions AB -

Timely cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can mean the difference between life and death. A trained person may not be available at emergency sites to give CPR. Normally, a 9-1-1 operator gives verbal instructions over the phone to a person giving CPR. In this paper, we discuss the use of smartphones to assist in administering CPR more efficiently and accurately. The two important CPR parameters are the frequency and depth of compressions. In this paper, we used smartphones to calculate these factors and to give real-time guidance to improve CPR. In addition, we used an application to measure oxygen saturation in blood. If blood oxygen saturation falls below an acceptable threshold, the person giving CPR can be asked to do mouth-to-mouth breathing. The 9-1-1 operator receives this information real time and can further guide the person giving CPR. Our experiments show accuracy >90% for compression frequency, depth, and oxygen saturation.

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