Patient monitoring system for emergencies
Overview
Flexi is a compact health monitoring wearable for emergencies that monitors the patient’s vital signs from the accident scene until arriving at the hospital. This solution empowers police and firefighters to start the patient assessment process by placing the device on the victims when the paramedics are not on scene yet. Flexi is a reliable wearable that can be placed on the finger or the neck depending on what is most appropriate for each situation.
Project Info
Year: 2020 | 10 weeks
Type: Project In collaboration with FLIR
University: Umeå Institute of Design
Methods
Interviews, shadowing, ideation sprint, sketching, 3d modelling, prototyping, rendering.
A compact patient health wearable for emergencies, that tracks the patient’s vital signs from the accident scene to the hospital.
Empowering anyone that can be a first responder.
Firefigthers, police officers or even security guards
can carry flexi with them.
Quick & easy activation.
Activation starts when the monitor is pulled out of the
package and placed on the patient.
Compact & hygienic
Flexi is a pocket-sized wearable and comes with a protective cover. The wearable is removed when the patient arrives at the hospital.
Flexibility for different patients and scenarios.
Flexi can be placed in different areas of the body. If the hand of the patient can’t be accessed flexi can be placed on the patient’s neck.
Improved communication and data documentation
Flexi sends the patient data to the paramedics in the ambulance in real time, so they can better prepare and guide the ones on scene.
Patient deterioration alert
To avoid overlooking important changes in the patient’s vital signs, an indicator light turns on if the patient’s health status deteriorates.
Paramedics might not be the first ones on scene
a day as a paramedic
The research phase focused on understanding the first responders’ needs and pains. I had the opportunity to be with the paramedics in the ambulance and experience how they work and use their equipment in real life.
a day as a patient
I acted as a patient in a collaborative training exercise involving Umeå first responders and hospital personel. I realized how hard it was for the first responders to communicate and keep track of patients.
