SEEK: SIP-Based Emergency Embedded Framework Supports Elderly and Disabled to Perform Emergency Calls

The present paper proposes a SIP-based emergency embedded framework, named SEEK, that enables embedded devices to trigger calls to emergency centers and support IP-based real time communication. SEEK framework is consisted of body sensors and a haptic device enabling elderly and disabled people who live independent to perform emergency calls. Sensors embedded in SEEK, aggregate environmental data and vital signs that monitor user's current health status and automatically trigger emergency calls when an emergency occurs, providing continuous real-time sensor data. The haptic device enhances further the communication among the end user (disabled person or elderly), first responders and healthcare providers at emergency centers. A prototype implementation and initial results are presented as a proof of concept for deaf and speech impaired people. The results depict that the proposed framework seems to be an auspicious solution for a wide range of disabled people enabling them to report emergency events and establish real time communication with first responders regardless of their disabilities.