Arduino based Smart Design of a Cheaper and Portable Automated Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Device

This paper presents the development of low-cost CPR machine which will be applicable to both adult and neonates. With the prevalence cardiopulmonary problems among the people of all ages of and the incompetence of people around the development of such automated and portable CPR machine can be a gift of science and technology to mass people. This proposed CPR machine has three parts. First part is the motor-controller that receives the power from the source and controls the motor of the actuator with the instruction given by Arduino Uno. Second part is the actuator itself which will provide linear motion and the third part is a frame which is set to hold the actuator. The pressure applied to the victim will be thoroughly controlled by the Arduino Uno and the motor driver, which applies the measured pressure. Rate of compression (30 compressions-per-minute for neonates and 120 compressions per minute for adults) is maintained by microcontroller (Arduino Uno). The proposed CPR machine shows very good performance for both elderly and neonates in quite low cost compared to the existing technology.