Biosensing and environmental sensing for emergency and protection e-Textiles

The ProeTEX project introduced for the first time a complete set of smart garments integrating sensors for the physiological and environmental monitoring of emergency operators. These "smart" garments have been deeply tested in emergency-like contexts by professional rescuers, in order to...

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Main Authors: Magenes, G., Curone, D., Secco, E. L., Bonfiglio, A.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomedical monitoring
Fires
Monitoring
Temperature measurement
Temperature sensors
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Summary:The ProeTEX project introduced for the first time a complete set of smart garments integrating sensors for the physiological and environmental monitoring of emergency operators. These "smart" garments have been deeply tested in emergency-like contexts by professional rescuers, in order to assess real-time acquisition, processing and transmission of data from moving subjects while operating in harsh conditions. Here we report an overview of the main results obtained during field trials performed in 2010 by Italian and French professional firefighters, in specialized training centers, while dressing the ProeTEX prototypes. Results clearly demonstrate the benefit and step forward of such a system in order to monitor and coordinate rescuers even during intervention far away from the emergency headquarter.
ISSN:1094-687X
1558-4615
2694-0604
DOI:10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6092063