PCH-Prevention and Control of Health, is a social program thought and designed to help people.

The application is very suitable for doctors, nurses, specialized staff in the field, etc. But equally well be used by anyone, is very useful in caring family, your personnel.

It is useful, when you have a man in elderly care, children, person with disabilities, etc. The facilities, which stacks (online alarm, SMS), setting limits, opportunities in medical technology, you can watch and to correct certain variables. Many electronic measuring equipment applications have their own facilities.

Thermometers, sphygmomanometers, scales, etc. via sensors incorporated, can transmit (as you choose) periodic measurement result: 10 in 10 seconds, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, etc as you need.

It can be used in case of emergencies: in airports, auditoriums, gyms, for selections in case of infection, epidemics. Is know as temperature, weight loss, blood pressure, etc. are very important variables in identifying such state.

A thermometer (or more) non contact (non-invasive) with infrared, they can be controlled hundreds, thousands of persons in a timely manner. With Scales transmission BT (Bluetooth) also may investigate a large number of people (know that in certain cases of infection, installs diarrhea, which decreases his weight visibly in a small time). Situations of collective panic, agitation, etc. lead to increased blood pressure. All this can be quickly recorded and transmitted directly to your doctor, clinics, hospitals, etc.

The application is divided into modules, which can be updated each or others can be added.

It is continuously improved.

• For now we designed this form comprising a minimum of analysis modules (12), 3 test modules and 4 help modules.
• We tried to introduce a minimum range required, to familiarize the user with this type of application and generate interest.
• We will try to familiarize the user with minimum knowledge necessary to diagnose, care for, even help others.
• There is no constraint, conditionings.

You can use any device: a classic thermometer, a bathroom scales, a meter tailoring, etc. If you can not afford a glucometer, an ECG, a blood pressure, there are centers that are free booklets these measurements at a hospital, every clinic, something you near. But now prices for medical equipment, necessary minimum investment is minor, considering the stakes: your health.

Temperature

In version “Manual” will have the following registration methods:

Data from the classic thermometer, a non contact IR (infrared, who measure and surface temperature), Ear thermometer, etc.

Limit of body temperature: 30 ºC to 42.5 ºC / 6 º F to 109 ºF.
These are the extreme limits of the human body temperature.
Normal temperature of a human is between 36.5 ºC (97.7 º F) to 3 am in the morning and 37.2 ºC (98.96 ºF) to 6am in the evening. Therefore we programing our application, when these limits are exceeded, to be audible and visual warning. We may record, in Notes, and additional data as surface temperature, milk, bath water, etc. To prompt the best temperature of baby milk temperature, of bath temperature, and temperature of sleep,etc:

• Milk temperature :37 ºC/98.5 ºF
• Bath temperature: between 37 ºC-38C º and 36 ºC for new born
• Sleep(room) temperature: 16 ºC-20C º,ideal 18C º (65F º)
• Normal temperature for baby: 36 ºC -36.8 ºC/97.7 ºF-99.7 ºF

About the importance of checking the temperature, how it behaves.

The Constant Growth vs. Random Increase

In general, it is considered normal basal body temperature 37 ° C. However, this varies from one individual to another, even over a day, or depending on the weather. Also, always keep in mind the place you choose for determination: core temperature, measured at intra-oral or rectal is usually higher by 0.5-1 ° C (0.6 ° C average) than that measured in the axilla (underarm). The most accurate measurement, especially recommended for children (those who agree to this horror) is version intra-rectally as a risk that this region is influenced by environmental factors that decrease or increase the temperature recorded thermometer it is very small.

The degree temperature increase, we have the following statuses:

• Feverish: 37-38 ° C
• Febrile moderate: 38-39 ° C
• High 39-41 ° C
• Hyperpyrexia: 41-42 ° C

Hyperpyrexia is considered a medical emergency, it indicates a serious underlying condition (sepsis, intracerebral hemorrhage, etc.)

Basal body temperature (BBT) is the lowest body temperature attained during rest (usually during sleep). It is usually estimated by a temperature measurement immediately after awakening and before any physical activity has been undertaken. This will lead to a somewhat higher value than the true BBT. For more accurate results, it is determined by using internally worn temperature loggers. In women, ovulation causes an increase of one-half to one degree Fahrenheit (one-quarter to one-half degree Celsius) in BBT; monitoring of BBTs is one way of estimating the day of ovulation. The tendency of a woman to have lower temperatures before ovulation, and higher temperatures afterwards, is known as a biphasic pattern. Charting of this pattern may be used as a component of fertility awareness. The BBT of men is comparable to the BBT of women in their follicular phase.

Height

Manual registering: The simplest and cheapest shot of our application.We can use anything: a ruler, a tape measure, tailor meter, etc..The most practical is the doorframe.Marked with a pencil (which can then delete), because such children grow.We use a comparison chart for kids and teens to check growth.There laser measuring tape that we can use, but do not justify the investment.

Bluetooth registering: I will give some applications of Google Play for measuring distances and heights. If you can adapt for our application, or if it helps somehow, to do something just like them.Data from Height, we will use with the Weight, for BMI (Body Mass Index).

Blood Glucose

Manual registering:

• First, set out your glucometer, a test strip, a lancet and an alcohol prep pad.
• Wash your hands to prevent infection.
• Decide where you are going to obtain the blood from, usually a finger. Some of the newer monitors let you use your forearm or another less sensitive place.
• Sometimes it helps to warm your hands first to make the blood flow easier. You can rub your hands together briskly or run them under warm water.
• Turn on the glucometer and place a test strip in the machine when the machine is ready. Watch the indicator for placing the blood to the strip.
• Make sure your hand is dry and wipe the area you’ve selected with an alcohol prep pad and wait until the alcohol evaporates.
• Pierce your finger tip on the soft, fleshy pad and obtain a drop of blood. The type of drop of blood is determined by the type of strip you are using (some use a “hanging drop” of blood versus a small drop for strips that draw blood in with a capillary action).
• Place the drop of blood on or at the side of the strip.

The glucometer will take a few moments to calculate the blood sugar reading. Follow your doctor’s orders for whatever blood sugar reading you get. You may use the alcohol prep pad to blot the site where you drew the blood if it is still bleeding.
Write down (in glucose picker) your results. Keeping a record makes it easier for you and your doctor to establish a good treatment plan. Some glucometers can store your results in a memory, for easier record keeping. The procedure for analysis of cholesterol, triglycerides, uric acid, etc. is identical. But you will find in the instruction manual of the devices, all details.

International standard for measuring blood glucose in mmol / l
The American system of measurement is in mg / dl
Transformation in mmol / l mg / dl is very simple, multiplied by 18.
For example: 5 mml / L = 18 x 5 = 90 mg / dl

Blood Pressure

Blood pressure (BP) is the pressure exerted by circulating blood upon the walls of blood vessels. When used without further specification, “blood pressure” usually refers to the arterial pressure in the systemic circulation. Blood pressure is usually expressed in terms of the systolic (maximum) pressure over diastolic (minimum) pressure and is measured in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg). It is one of the vital signs along with respiratory rate, heart rate, oxygen saturation, and body temperature. Normal resting systolic (diastolic) blood pressure in an adult is approximately 120 mm Hg (80 mm Hg), abbreviated “120/80 mm Hg”.

Blood pressure varies depending on situation, activity, and disease states. It is regulated by the nervous and endocrine systems. Blood pressure that is low due to a disease state is called hypotension, and pressure that is consistently high is hypertension. Both have many causes which can range from mild to severe. Both may be of sudden onset or of long duration. Long term hypertension is a risk factor for many diseases, including heart disease, stroke and kidney failure. Long term hypertension is more common than long term hypotension in Western countries. Long term hypertension often goes undetected because of infrequent monitoring and the absence of symptoms.

Systemic arterial pressure

Classification of blood pressure for adults

Classification of blood pressure for adults

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From here you can load (to Monitor Selection) desired image:

ECG-EKG

Electrocardiography (ECG or EKG*) is the process of recording the electrical activity of the heart over a period of time using electrodes placed on the skin. These electrodes detect the tiny electrical changes on the skin that arise from the heart muscle’s electrophysiologic pattern of depolarizing during each heartbeat.

It is a very commonly performed cardiology test.
In a conventional 12-lead ECG, 10 electrodes are placed on the patient’s limbs and on the surface of the chest. The overall magnitude of the heart’s electrical potential is then measured from 12 different angles (“leads”) and is recorded over a period of time (usually 10 seconds). In this way, the overall magnitude and direction of the heart’s electrical depolarization is captured at each moment throughout the cardiac cycle. The graph of voltage versus time produced by this noninvasive medical procedure is referred to as an electrocardiogram.

Stethoscopes

The stethoscope is an acoustic medical device for auscultation, or listening to the internal sounds of an animal or human body. It is often used to listen to lung and heart sounds. It is also used to listen to intestines and blood flow in arteries and veins. In combination with a sphygmomanometer, it is commonly used for measurements of blood pressure. Less commonly, “mechanic’s stethoscopes” are used to listen to internal sounds made by machines, such as diagnosing a malfunctioning automobile engine by listening to the sounds of its internal parts. Stethoscopes can also be used to check scientific vacuum chambers for leaks, and for various other small-scale acoustic monitoring tasks. A stethoscope that intensifies auscultatory sounds is called phonendoscope.

To use a stethoscope, manual, you will have to “learn” to listen with stethoscope.
For this I recommend a few “lessons” from You Tube:

• LEARN HEART SOUNDS IN 20 MINUTES!!!
• Murmurs – Heart Sounds Collection
• Heart Sounds

If you want, in Youtube you’ll find more.

For stethoscope, the seven letters:
A. Snoring sound, high intensity and low tone
B. Rales dry (dry = continuous vibration)
C. Are related to hypersecretion of mucus
D. They are characteristic of acute bronchitis and chronic
E. As under exhale and inhale
F. Have the possibility of changing the number or location after coughing if he can mobilize secretions.
G. characters can be unilateral or bilateral, depending on the different stretches etiopathology.

About Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs, filling them with fluid. It causes cough and fever and can make breathing difficult. Pneumonia can be caused by viruses, fungi or bacteria. Bacterial organisms such as Haemophilus influenzae and Streptoccocus pneumoniae cause more than 50% of pneumonia deaths in children under 5 years of age. Severe pneumonia can be deadly.

Pneumonia kills more children under the age of five than any other disease. Approximately 1.5 million children die from pneumonia every year; 98% of those occur in developing nations. One child dies from pneumonia every 20 seconds; that’s 4,300 young lives lost every day.

The World Health Organization and UNICEF produce a set of guidelines to train health workers to diagnose and manage diseases such as pneumonia, diarrhoea, and malaria called the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI).

The IMCI guidelines train health workers to diagnose pneumonia by counting the respiratory rate and recognizing signs of respiratory distress such as subcostal recessions, chest indrawing and tracheal tug. Respiratory rate counting is only moderately accurate and many health workers count rates badly or not at all. Improved diagnosis is not the whole solution but could save many thousands of children’s lives every year.

For more information on pneumonia in developing world, please visit the World Pneumonia Day website and help them raise the awareness of this problem.

The StethoMic Peripheral

The StethoMic is a low-cost digital stethoscope that we’ve prototyped from off-the-shelf components. By utilising the powerful digital signal processing chips on modern smartphones, the StethoMic minimizes the need for custom circuitry and electronic components. This allows us to develop the device at a much lower-cost than regular digital stethoscopes out in the market.

A benefit of simplifying the design of the digital stethoscope attachment is that it is now possible for people in the developing world to make their own devices based on our design. A local technician with access to sufficient training and the right materials can produce our digital stethoscopes thereby empowering communities to be self-reliant.

By virtue of of the StethoMic’s connection to smartphones, our digital stethoscope unlike other digital stethoscopes is able to directly connect to the Internet. By connecting to the Internet, we harness our cloud database of breath sounds and sophisticated algorithms to provide diagnostic clinical decision support to the health worker at the point of care.

Mobile Apps

StethoCloud currently runs on Windows Phone, Android and legacy J2ME compatible phones. An iOS version of the app is currently in development.
Our apps have been developed for clinical use by health workers in developing countries. Thus, we base the design, flow and content of the apps on the IMCI Guidelines. The apps guide the health worker in the assessment of a child with questions based off the IMCI Guidelines. We augment the current guidelines with content such as photos and videos explaining the different signs of the disease.

By connecting the StethoMic to a smartphone running our app, a health worker is able to record a child’s breath sounds. The StethoCloud app is able to perform basic offline analaysis on the recorded breath sounds thanks to our prorprietary BioSignals algorithm suite.

The BioSignals algorithms are optimized digital signal processing algorithms that enable even low-powered feature phones to analyse breath sounds and calculate the respiratory rate of a child. Based off the IMCI guidelines, obtaining an objective measure of respiratory rate will help with the diagnosis and triage of the disease.

Although obtaining a respiratory rate is a highly sensitive measure of a child’s risk of pneumonia, it is unfortunately also highly non-specific. A child’s increase in respiratory rate may be caused by many other different diseases such as anemia or anxiety. This leads to many false positive results.

By connecting our apps to the cloud, we are able to upload the recorded breath sounds for further processing by sophisticated machine learning algorithms based on Big Data data mining techniques to increase the specificty of the diagno

Cloud Infrastructure

StethoCloud is unique from other digital stethoscopes because we harness the power of cloud computing to create the artificial intelligence that makes our stethoscopes “smart”.

By using scalable cloud storage facilities provided by Microsoft’s Windows Azure platform, we are building the world’s largest database on breath and heart sounds. Through this database, we will be able to train our machine learning algorithms to extract features and perform knowledge discovery of breath sound patterns and their related pathologies.

This training will enable the machine to accurately diagnose pneumonia, asthma and other respiratory diseases with at least the same level of sensitivty and specificity as human diagnosticians

From Google Play:
Heart Sounds (+ Lung Sounds)
Medical Doctor Apps – January 21, 2013
Medical
Android Stethoscope
Almor – July 28, 2013
Health & Fitness
Baby Heartbeats
Medroid Apps – July 29, 2013
Medical
You Tube:
Bluetooth Stethoscope & Wireless Heart Monitor
Littmann Stethoscope 3200 (bluetooth)