SBIR Phase I: Affordable remote cardiac monitoring device for improved firefighter safety outcomes

这项小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力是，通过对可负担得起的可穿戴生理监测设备的转化研究和开发，改善消防部门的职业安全和健康结果。近50%的消防员因公死亡是突发心血管事件的结果，消防员受伤的社会成本高达数十亿美元，但许多部门无法承担实施消防员监控计划的成本。因此，使用一种价格合理的可穿戴设备，可以实时收集、存储和传输生理数据，有可能减少死亡、伤害和成本。制造设备的可负担性是主要的商业创新，因为它将把生理监测能力扩展到暴露在极端环境条件下的工作人员，如消防员、士兵、化学和生物实验室技术人员，以及商业司机——这些群体无法负担纵向和/或实时生理监测和预测诊断的成本。该设备的可负担性将使研究人员能够进一步了解实验生理监测与现场数据之间的相互关系。这项小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力是，通过对可负担得起的可穿戴生理监测设备的转化研究和开发，改善消防部门的职业安全和健康结果。近50%的消防员因公死亡是突发心血管事件的结果，消防员受伤的社会成本高达数十亿美元，但许多部门无法承担实施消防员监控计划的成本。因此，使用一种价格合理的可穿戴设备，可以实时收集、存储和传输生理数据，有可能减少死亡、伤害和成本。制造设备的可负担性是主要的商业创新，因为它将把生理监测能力扩展到暴露在极端环境条件下的工作人员，如消防员、士兵、化学和生物实验室技术人员，以及商业司机——这些群体无法负担纵向和/或实时生理监测和预测诊断的成本。该设备的可负担性将使研究人员能够进一步了解实验生理监测与现场数据之间的相互关系。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to improve occupational safety and health outcomes within the fire service through translational research and development of an affordable wearable physiologic monitoring device. Nearly 50% of firefighter line of duty deaths are the result of sudden cardiovascular events and the societal costs of firefighter injuries are in the billions of dollars, yet many departments cannot afford the costs of implementing the firefighter monitoring programs. Therefore, the use of an affordable wearable which can gather, store and transmit physiological data in real-time has the potential to reduce fatalities, injuries and costs. The affordability of manufacturing the device is the major commercial innovation as it will extend the physiological monitoring capability to workers exposed to extreme environmental conditions such as firefighters, soldiers, chemical and biological lab technicians, and commercial drivers - groups that have not been able to afford the cost of longitudinal and/or real-time physiological monitoring and predictive diagnostics. The affordability of the device will enable researchers to further scientific knowledge correlating the interrelationship between experimental physiological monitoring and field-based data.The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to improve occupational safety and health outcomes within the fire service through translational research and development of an affordable wearable physiologic monitoring device. Nearly 50% of firefighter line of duty deaths are the result of sudden cardiovascular events and the societal costs of firefighter injuries are in the billions of dollars, yet many departments cannot afford the costs of implementing the firefighter monitoring programs. Therefore, the use of an affordable wearable which can gather, store and transmit physiological data in real-time has the potential to reduce fatalities, injuries and costs. The affordability of manufacturing the device is the major commercial innovation as it will extend the physiological monitoring capability to workers exposed to extreme environmental conditions such as firefighters, soldiers, chemical and biological lab technicians, and commercial drivers - groups that have not been able to afford the cost of longitudinal and/or real-time physiological monitoring and predictive diagnostics. The affordability of the device will enable researchers to further scientific knowledge correlating the interrelationship between experimental physiological monitoring and field-based data.