Question: Which institute recently developed the wireless technology, ‘AmbuSense’, to monitor the situation of the patients being brought in the ambulance?
(a) IIT, Bombay
(b) IIT, Madras
(c) IIT, Kharagpur
(d) IIT, Kanpur
Ans :(c)
Related facts:-
- On June 2, 2017, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur briefed about the development of a wireless technology to keep a close watch on the patients being brought ambulance.
- This wireless technology has been named ‘AmbuSense’.
- It has been developed in the Sawan Lab of IIT Computer Science and Engineering Department.
- AmbuSense is capable of monitoring the various types of physical activity, such as ECG, heartbeat, temperature and blood pressure through wireless.
- This can be applied to monitor a patient’s status in an ambulance.
- In this system, the privacy of patient’s data can be kept safe by using analytical and computing power of cloud computing.
- The web interface of this AmbuSense system helps in giving graphics based information to the physicians.
- It can also be obtained on internet connected laptops, tablets and Smartphones.
- This technology will be extremely beneficial for referring patients, who are transferred from remote areas to city hospitals.
Related Links:-
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/iit-kgp-tech-to-monitor-patients-in-ambulances/articleshow/58967917.cms
http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/india/iit-kharagpur-developed-the-technology-to-monitor-the-patient39s-condition-in-the-ambulance/articleshow/58972531.cms