Neonatal heartbeat annunciator for use in the developing world
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Abstract
© 2014 IEEE. The majority of neonatal deaths occur in the developing countries. In many cases, unresponsive infants at birth are alive although birth attendants think they are dead and do not attempt to resuscitate them. In order to address this problem, training for birth attendant skills for resuscitation and having a device to determine the newborn heartbeat are necessary. In this project, a neonatal heartbeat annunciator has been designed and undergone preliminary evaluation. The device is quickly attached and uses electrodes to pick up the ECG signal from the infant's chest. Following electronic processing, the heartbeat is indicated as a flash of LED light and the sound of a high-frequency buzzer. It is hoped that this device will encourage birth attendants to attempt to resuscitate unresponsive babies and help to reduce neonatal mortality.
Publication Title
2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2014
Recommended Citation
Le, H.,
Wohlford, E.,
&
Neuman, M.
(2014).
Neonatal heartbeat annunciator for use in the developing world.
2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2014, 1682-1685.
http://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2014.6943930
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