Proceedings of the U-Go Healthy International Conference, U-Go Healthy 2020, 29 March 2020, Pacitan, East Java, Indonesia

Research Article

Microcontroller based Hospital bed control

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.29-3-2020.2314910,
        author={Iswanto  Iswanto and Muhammad  Akhdan and Prisma  Megantoro and Afif Zuhri  Arfianto},
        title={Microcontroller based Hospital bed control},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the U-Go Healthy International Conference, U-Go Healthy 2020, 29 March 2020, Pacitan, East Java, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={U-GO HEALTHY},
        year={2022},
        month={9},
        keywords={decubitus; dc motor; microcontroller; button; bed position},
        doi={10.4108/eai.29-3-2020.2314910}
    }
    
  • Iswanto Iswanto
    Muhammad Akhdan
    Prisma Megantoro
    Afif Zuhri Arfianto
    Year: 2022
    Microcontroller based Hospital bed control
    U-GO HEALTHY
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.29-3-2020.2314910
Iswanto Iswanto1,*, Muhammad Akhdan1, Prisma Megantoro2, Afif Zuhri Arfianto3
  • 1: Department of Electrical Engineering, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
  • 2: Department of Electrical Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada
  • 3: Politeknik Perkapalan Negeri Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia Indonesia
*Contact email: iswanto_te@umy.ac.id

Abstract

One of the causes of paralyses is stroke that occurs because of brain blood vessel disorder. Because of it, the patients suffered from stroke must lay most of their time on a bed. Laying too long can pressure a specific area in contact with the surface of the bed leading to decubitus. To prevent this, the nurse changes the patient's sleep position periodically. Most hospital beds have been designed to adjust the position of the patients. However, changing the bed position manually needs extra energy. The study aims to design a tool for hospital bed control using a DC motor controlled by a microcontroller. Nurses, patients and families of the patients can change the position of the bed by using a button connected to the microcontroller. The bed controller circuit uses the button to control the bed position using a dc motor. By using this device, the patients, nurses or caregivers and the patients’ family can simply press the button to control the bed position according to the comfort of the patient's sleeping position so as to minimize the occurrence of decubitus.