sensors can be reliably transduced and amplified without motion artifact regardless of the local sweating, incident trauma or other stress on the personnel. This must be accomplished while maintaining both the integrity of the
5 protective material and the sensor seals.
For example, a firefighter cannot be further encumbered by either significant weight or by extensive wiring or tethering. The sensors and supporting instrumentation need to be able to withstand environmental conditions ranging
10 from subzero to blast furnace temperatures, toxic atmo-
spheres and the inevitable physical battering. Beyond the physical restraints placed on the sensor system, the sensor system must also be able to react to extreme variability in vital parameter values that characterize inpidual physi-
15 ologic response to extreme environmental stress and exer-
tion. Furthermore, the sensor system must be able to provide useful real-time information for decision makers receiving the processed output from the sensors.
Specifically, in a firefighting environment, fire ground is
20 a high hazard environment that requires constant vigilance by emergency responders. Personnel working in a fire scene
must be able to quickly identify and adapt to rapidly evolving threats. Any information from a physiologic or environmental monitoring system must be presented to such
25 inpidual firefighters in a clearly useful format while mini-
mizing non-essential distractions. A continuous numeric readout of oxygen saturation values, for instance, would pert a firefighter’s attention from his surroundings and pert his attention away from more urgent fire ground
30 queues. The information from an inpidual firefighter’s
entire sensor array must be returned to him in a format that simply indicates the ability of it’s safe to continue or it’s necessary to evacuate the hazard zone. While it is important that only this minimal critical level of data be presented to
35 the firefighter, the amount of information necessary to return
this minimal level of data must be monitored on a continuing basis and analyzed over a significant period of time. Particularly, more specific information concerning physi- ologic parameters such as pulse rate, oxygen saturation, or
40 carbon monoxide, must be available to personnel keeping
track of larger numbers of workers in the hazardous situa-
The prior art discloses apparatus that is directed to indi-
45 vidual sensor problems but does not disclose apparatus that integrates a sensor system directed at critical physiologic
parameters with a position sensor system and apparatus for real time processing and display of the sensor data. For example, the prior art discloses general sensors mounted in
50 a self-contained breathing apparatus mask. This art does not disclose specific sensors for sensing critical parameters
monitored in hazardous environments. It also does not disclose any solution to the problem of processing the sensor information in real time. Other references disclose monitor-
55 ing systems for physiologic parameters that are not inte- grated into SCBA systems and that do not display different
information to various personnel.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
60 It is an object of this invention to monitor the physiologic status of personnel in stressful and hazardous environments. 集成生理传感器系统英文文献和中文翻译(2):http://www.youerw.com/fanyi/lunwen_203791.html