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Optimizing comfort for nurses in high-stress situations with sensors

Wearable sensors help pinpoint stressful moments during medical procedures.

Written by: Evan Dougherty

February 20, 2020

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Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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When nurses in high-stress situations get uncomfortably warm, they may remove face masks and other protective equipment. To tackle this problem, researchers try dynamically adjusting a room’s temperature based on sensors worn by the nurses.


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