Vellore Institute of Technology

CSE 3003

ABSTRACT: During recent years, we have seen many technological advancements which help to take better care of patient’s health and assure them fast and safe recovery. The most basic item necessary is competent patient care in hospitals, as well as proper management of fluid and electrolytes. In hospital almost all patients, mainly ICU patients, have to regulate the volume of fluids and electrolyte into the bloodstream 24X7 which is done using drip. These drips need regular monitoring or changing to maintain constant flow of fluids or to prevent any infection to patients. Though this system is simple, overcrowded hospitals and the risk of deficiency of nurses can put patients at health risk which can deteriorate patients’ health more aggressively or in worse case it can lead to death. Almost in all hospitals, nurses or the hospital staff are responsible for monitoring the drip level. But unfortunately, because of their hectic schedule, the observer may forget to change the bottle at the appropriate time. During the pandemic, hospitals were overrun with patients, and nurses were unable to do manual regular checks on the drip conditions and drip level of every patient, even after working extra shifts. Many patients even died due to not being able to get proper care from nurses. The next step in providing more effective and easy healthcare is to automate such vital procedures. To overcome this critical situation, we are proposing an IoT(Internet of Things) based Drip Monitor System using Arduino UNO which eases the process of measuring and solves the issues of bubble formation in drips. OBJECTIVE: To build a stand alone, affordable, low maintenance, easy to set up drip monitor system, using internet of things modules as a network of communication, to provide us with a model that is compatible with changing technology. Arduino is used as a controlling unit coded in C/C++. This system is the solution to the unfortunate covid times, and a major help to the healthcare industry where the medical care is very less and the number of patients are a lot. INTRODUCTION: This project elaborates a way to efficiently monitor the drip levels at hospitals, while also detecting bubble formation in the liquid used; a process that is currently done by nurses when they periodically check the drip. This project greatly increases the efficiency of the hospital staff as a whole. This idea is to provide cost effective, reliable and automatic drip monitoring system which can be easily implemented in any hospital. The hardware components required for this system are Arduino Uno, HC SR-04 Ultrasonic Sensor, Light Sensor, a light sources and ESP8266-01 Wifi Module. In regards to the hardware arrangement, the Arduino Uno will be connected to the ESP8266 modules, and two sensors i.e. HC SR-04 and the LDR..The ultrasonic sensor will be attached to the bottom of the drip(or an inverted plastic bottle for demonstration purposes). Th