We propose a fall detection monitoring system with the identification of the acident location for the elderly under care in indoor environments. The main objective of the system is to reduce the time until emergency personnel responds to falls, especially when the victim is unconscious or delirious. Reducing the response time to initiate the appropriate patient care may imply simultaneously in reductions of morbidity and mortality rates. The proposed system can be introduced in hospitals, asylums or nursing home environments rapidly and with low cost. The fall is detected using an embedded accelerometer and the location is identified using Zigbee transceivers (a Zigbee Network is employed for issuing the alarms). The results show a high success rate in the fall detection and provide input to design the Zigbee network to offer the required accuracy on the identification of the location of the fall in terms of the room where it had occurred.
['Paulo Victor G. F. Dias', 'E. M. Costa', 'Michel Pompeu Tcheou', 'Lisandro Lovisolo']
Fall detection monitoring system with position detection for elderly at indoor environments under supervision