An Effective Mobile Monitoring for Patients at Risk of Fainting

In this paper we present a mobile monitoring system able to collect information about the patient's health condition during his stay in the so-called hot waiting room for a nuclear medicine department. The proposed system automatically monitors some vital parameters such as Heart Rate and Oxygen saturation and also information about posture and movements. The collected data is processed through a rule-based Decision Support System (DSS), implemented on a mobile device, and capable of automatically generating alarms if a dangerous situation occurs. The tests have demonstrated that the system was extremely successful.