Open AccessPortable Epilepsy Seizure Warning and Emergency Response Armband Design
Author(s) -
Samet Çıklaçandır,
Yalçın İşler
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
akıllı sistemler ve uygulamaları dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2667-6893
DOI - 10.54856/jiswa.202005091
Subject(s) - epilepsy , epileptic seizure , medicine , intervention (counseling) , psychology , psychological intervention , affect (linguistics) , quality of life (healthcare) , consciousness , psychiatry , physical medicine and rehabilitation , neuroscience , communication , nursing
Epilepsy, also known as Sara in Turkish, is a neurological disorder that is very common in the community. It can have an impact as significant on the quality of life of individuals and cause injury or fatal consequences. The most important symptom of epilepsy is the patient's seizures. In case of seizure, changes in consciousness, behaviour, sensation in motor movements and autonomic functions are observed. As a result, involuntary contractions and movements occur. Epilepsy is a generally unknown disorder in populations with first aid deficiency. Various non-medical interventions are applied during the patient's seizure and these wrong practices adversely affect the life of the patient. Therefore, it should be known by the people around it how the emergency intervention should be done during an epileptic seizure. In this study, a medical device was designed to alert people to epileptic patients during seizures and tell them what to do. With this device, people around the person having an epileptic seizure will be told what should be done with the sound warnings from the device and the patient will be able to survive the seizure in a healthy.