Research Article

Design and Evaluation of a Wearable Smart Blanket System for Monitoring Vital Signs of Patients in an Ambulance

Table 1

Data elements of the wearable smart blanket system.

No.General specifications of capabilitiesSubsets

1Functional—possibility of inclusion and exclusion into and from the physician assistant systemRegistration, inclusion, exclusion
2Functional—possibility of registering age and gender in the system software by the physicianEntering diagnoses, editing, saving, final approval, submitting therapeutic suggestions
3Functional—possibility of receiving medical signals by installed sensors and to call out the ambulance technicianNoninvasiveness of sensors, number of sensors, type of sensors, correct location of installation of sensors
4Functional—possibility of local recording and storage of vital data and obtaining data from sensor systems (portable patient unit) by system softwareDocumenting and storing signals such as electrocardiograms, respiratory rate, and heart rate
6Functional—possibility of interpreting and processing vital dataExtracting acceptable knowledge and information, analyzing symptoms, providing instant feedback, and alerting system
7Physical requirementsIdeal size and weight, flexibility, relative stability, moisture absorption, waterproof
8Physical requirement—precise location of sensorsLocation of SPO2, BP, HR, temp sensors
9Nonfunctional requirementEasy maintenance and use, confidentiality, responsiveness, accessibility, encryption, entity authentication