Project
# | Title | Team Members | TA | Documents | Sponsor |
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32 | Turning Tracker for Pressure Ulcers Area Award: Healthcare |
Bradford Kearbey Robert Paul |
Jose Sanchez Vicarte | design_document0.pdf final_paper0.pdf other0.pdf presentation0.pdf proposal0.pdf |
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Bed sores are a huge problem, predominantly in low-budget medical institutions. One of the main causes is in the inaction of nursing assistants (CNA's) to flip the patients regularly - every two hours. The simple cause of this is bad organization. CNA's are overwhelmed and simply forget. Our project solves this problem. We have a two hour timer for each patient that gets reset if they are flipped. To measure the flipping, we will be using a pressure pad (will have to make one) to measure changes in patient weight distribution. If the nurse forgets to flip the patient, a reminder is sent to their phone. There are solutions to this problem out there (including "self-flippers" and alternating pressure mattresses), but these are primarily more expensive and rare to find. Our product would most likely used in nursing homes, where budgets are primarily low. |