A monitoring and notification system for the epileptic seizure patients.

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to ease the process of monitoring epileptic patients and notify the caretaker in case there is.an epileptic attack so that they offer First Aid. According to WHO, health is the state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not absence of diseases. Existence of Non-communicable diseases (NCD) caused genetically or due to mental illness. have effects on an individual's life expectancy. In developing countries, NCD's ate currently responsible for 35% of all deaths which will rise in the near futures, thus there is need to lower the percentage of deaths. Epilepsy, an NCD is one of the leading neurological disorder in which the brain activity becomes abnormal, causing seizures and loss of awareness. Epileptic patients need a special mechanism to monitor and notify caretakers so as to offer immediate First Aid in case of an attack to avoid further injuries. Monitoring in hospital setting in ICU limit their mobility though accurate, other systems are limited to home coverage and are for detecting seizure and sleep apnea during steeping hours. With these limitations a system that allow patient mobility and comfort should be needed thus the developed system consists of vibration sensor to detect any onset of limb jerking, skin conductance sensor to measure the rate of skin conductivity and. display on an LCD, and GPS module to locate the patients and GSM modem to generate a message that is. sent to caretaker's phone. The prototype has the capacity to generate a message in. case of abnormal values with patient's location seeking the caretaker's attention.