Implementation of HCSR04 Ultrasonic Sensor based Internet of Things Hospital Drip Bag Monitoring and Alert System

Abstract

In our current healthcare system, keeping an eye on patients daily in a hospital is a demanding duty. Due to the steady stream of new patients, healthcare personnel were overworked during the peak of the Covid 19 pandemic. In times like these, frontline staff members are unable to personally oversee and tend to every patient. This resulted in multiple problems. In contemporary hospitals, one example of this type of practice is injecting saline or intravenous (IV) fluid into patient veins. Nurses administer nutrients, medications, and fluids directly into a patient's vein during an intravenous treatment. Because IV therapy is often utilized to rehydrate and deliver nutrients, it is crucial to help a patient heal more quickly. However, IV drips still need to be regularly inspected and changed. Measurements must also be made of the fluid flow, contingent on the patient's state. Problems such as blood loss, fluid leakage, and other problems might arise from inadequate drip system monitoring. This IoT intravenous liquid checking framework utilizes an ultrasonic sensor to quantify the IV imbuement jug's liquid level and send the data through the Web. This has eased the burden and fixed a major problem in the intravenous drip monitoring system area.