Effective CPR Procedure With Real-Time Evaluation and Feedback Using Smartphones

Title Effective CPR Procedure With Real-Time Evaluation and Feedback Using Smartphones
Publication TypePatent
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsDantu, R, Gupta, N, Dantu, V, Morgan, Z
Application NumberUS20150351647A1
Date Published12/2015
Abstract

A method for performing CPR, comprising activating an application on one or more mobile phones having one or more sensors, placing one or more mobile phones on the finger of a subject to collect information about the subject, determining whether CPR is necessary based on the collected information about the subject, calibrating the sensors of the one or more mobile phones, placing the one or more mobile phones in a position on a hand of a user of the one or more mobile phones, administering chest compressions to the subject, activating a sensor of the one or more mobile phones, including an accelerometer sensor, to permit the application to capture information about the chest compression rate and displacement relating to movement of the chest of the subject, and transmitting the chest compression rate and displacement information of the subject to the emergency dispatcher using the mobile phone.

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