Developments have been taking place in the domain of personal emergency response system as a result of the growing rate of accidents among elderly adults. According to recent research studies, unintentional falls is among the primary causes of deaths from injury in adults above the age of 65. The same studies disclosed that more than 30 percent of people who are over the age of 65 (about 35 million Americans) fall every year while 50 percent of those over the age of 80 suffer the same fate. Likewise, it was approximated that at least 60 percent of all mishaps take place inside private residences, 30 percent happen in public places, and 10 percent in healthcare institutions. These are very alarming statistics!
Adults who fail to get up or recover from a fall will most likely remain motionless and bedridden after the incident. Naturally, this will affect their health and healing period. A fall may result in serious injury and declining health. It has been found out that one of the best strategies for prevention is by hiring caregivers but this is gradually being overtaken by emergency medical alert systems.
One reason for the rise of the personal emergency response system is technology advancement. Even if an automated equipment or device lacks the physical capacity to prevent someone from falling, it is effective in determining when someone has fallen. This lessens the amount of time that a fallen person will spend on the ground.
A classic personal emergency response system may be in the form of an electronic pendant worn around the neck or wrist. In the event that this situation crops up, the elderly can push the button to seek assistance. Pressing the pendant activates a communication pitch and automatically dials agencies whose services may be required. These are police authorities, fire department, public safety office and family. This works well especially when the victim loses consciousness and has no more ability to communicate.
Some senior medical alarms may be in the form of small, pager-like devices worn around the waist or fastened to the trousers or connected to a belt that has a special pocket. The device must be worn around the body to pick up accelerated signals the body generates when it is at a discomfited angle such as in the case of a fall. If a person is out cold or not capable of sending the signal, these
emergency medical alert systems will work the same way as if the victim pushed the button on an emergency pendant. The signal is transmitted to the base unit which summons the monitoring center. Emergency services are dispatched based on the results of this interaction.
While these
senior medical alarms are still in the early development stage, studies for upgrading are already being undertaken. This is being done to make sure that end-users will benefit from using the gadget and will not fail especially during emergency conditions. Senior medical alarms are becoming more necessary and valuable so constant improvement in the technology can be expected by the public.
