Vital Sign Measurement in Telemedicine Rehabilitation Based on Intelligent Wearable Medical Devices

Abstract

This paper explores the effects of wearable medical devices (WMDs) in vital sign monitoring, which is the key to telemedicine rehabilitation. First, 60 young patients were selected from the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery in a Chinese hospital. The vital signs of the patients, namely, ear temperature, pulse, blood oxygen saturation, and blood pressure, were measured by both the WMDs and the traditional devices. The measurements were carried out at 6:00, 10:00, 14:00, and 18:00 on the first day of each month in 2018. The comparison between the measured results shows that the WMDs and the traditional devices have no difference in the measured data and measurement time of any vital sign (P > 0.05), but the WMDs consumed much less time in data transcription and the entire measurement process. This means the WMDs are suitable for vital sign measurement in telemedicine rehabilitation.

Keywords

• Wearable medical devices (WMDs)
• vital sign measurement
• Bluetooth
• Internet of Things (IoT)