Life Sign Decision Support Algorithms
Savell c. Thomas, Borsotto Maurizio, Jaques Reifman, Hoyt Reed W. · Studies in health technology and informatics · 2004
There is a pressing need in the military for a system that interprets data from a suite of wearable physiological sensors to infer a soldier's current clinical state on the battlefield. The Warfighter Physiology Status Monitoring (WPSM) concept is envisioned by the U.S. Army to address this need. Life sign detection is a key component. In the future the WPSM will consist of an array of biosensors embedded in the soldier's uniform all connected to a central processing control unit containing a computer chip with firmware for assessing the soldier's status. The unit will diagnose and transmit the Dead, Alive or Unknown physiological state to the field medic or elsewhere for status monitoring.