Wearable technology

Linguistics

Philosophy

Stress (linguistics)

Surgery

Embedded system

Remote patient monitoring

Real-time computing

Cardiology

Pulse rate

Computer science

Certification

Heart rate

Radiology

Blood pressure

Simulation

Political science

Vital signs

Wearable computer

Internal medicine

Electrocardiography

Medicine

The study of stress and fatigue among First Responders is a major step in mitigating this public health problem. Blood pressure, heart rate variability and fatigue related arrhythmia are three of the main "windows" to study stress and fatigue. In this paper we present a wearable medical device, capable of acquiring an electrocardiogram and estimating blood pressure in real time, through a pulse wave transit time approach. The system is based on an existent certified wearable medical device called "Vital Jacket" and is aimed to become a tool to allow cardiologists in studying stress and fatigue among first response professionals.

A real time, wearable ECG and continous blood pressure monitoring system for first responders