CardioAssist: CPR Assistive Device for Adults


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Creator/Artist: Aamod Narkar

Category: Product Design

Document: P3 Project

Batch: 2021-2023

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2019-onwards

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. B. K. Chakravarthy


Detailed Description

Cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of deaths around the world, and as per the news reports, that scenario is similar in India. Many articles have reported young people as victims of cardiac arrest, proving that cardiac arrest is not restricted to any particular age, gender, or profession. One of the major issues around cardiac arrest in India is its lack of awareness and lack of information on measures to be taken after witnessing such a case. CPR is a life-saving skill that can revive the victim from the arrested state if help is provided correctly within the given time. The bystander CPR rate is very low in India; hardly around 2% of the population is aware of the techniques of CPR. As the majority of the cardiac arrests happen outside hospitals, it is highly likely that only a lay bystander will witness a victim getting an arrest, and hence a bystander plays a very important role in saving the victim’s life. Creating awareness amongst people about CPR through trainings and seminars is very important, but relying just on these training sessions to create immediate impact on improving the bystander CPR rate in India is ambitious. Hence my project aims to develop such a design solution that encourages and assists a bystander to provide CPR to the victim. A cost-effective, portable, and easily available solution that could be operated over the victim by the bystander until the emergency medical service reaches the site.


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