Cardiac Monitoring & Resuscitation System for Ventricular Fibrillation Detection

Abstract

Ventricular fibrillation is considered to be the most serious cardiac rhythm disturbance, which can cause sudden cardiac arrest which requires immediate medical attention. This paper proposes a cost-effective and efficient Cardiac Monitoring & Resuscitation System (CMRS) to save the life of the subjects during ventricular fibrillation. The ARM7 microcontroller used to compare the fibrillation cycles with sinus cardiac Electrocardiogram (ECG) signal to generate resuscitating output across its terminals connected to the patient chest, resulting shock signal helps to reverse the effect of arrhythmia. However, an arrhythmic output is an erratic cardiac rhythm needs to be simulated using MATLAB. Further, a Global Positioning System (GPS) supported for periodic updates of the cardiac condition of the patient. Healthcare service and delivery may never be finalised. However, they can always be improved to a marked extent. Again, our proposed system may not completely solve all the problems with healthcare delivery, but it can improve it to a certain extent. In a country like India, which bears a heavy burden of cardiac ailments, an initiative like this which uses widespread technology such as Global System for Mobile (GSM), this system could be a ray of hope for the urban and the rural folk alike.