Episode 389 - Wearable monitoring to prevent respiratory events

Sharon Samjitsingh is an asthma patient and developer of the ADAMM wearable device and Nightingale emergency respiratory care services. She has suffered with asthma her entire life and as a child, fear surrounded her and her family never knowing when the next attack would occur. As an adult she decided to do something to help others monitoring their breathing rhythms, heart rate and symptoms by developing a wearable technology that is taped under the torso and data relayed to a smartphone or computer via wifi that send alerts of an upcoming attack far in advance of its presentation. Her team of on call respiratory therapists then coach the patient with breathing education and behavior modification to reduce likelihood of presentation of an attack. Her results have changed the life of an asthma, COPD, ILD, and Cystic Fibrosis patient from a life caged by fear to one of empowering freedom and self-control. For review of the studies, visit healthcareoriginals.com