Vol.:(0123456789) SN Computer Science (2021) 2:140 https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-021-00526-7 SN Computer Science ORIGINAL RESEARCH An IoT‑Based Support System for Cars in Case of Critical Health Emergency Mihir J. Gaikwad 1  · Prateek P. Sengar 2  · Premal N. Miglani 2 Received: 14 December 2020 / Accepted: 15 February 2021 / Published online: 13 March 2021 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. part of Springer Nature 2021 Abstract In this technologically advancing world, a huge interest has been seen from the Automobile industry toward IoT applica- tions, due to factors such as concern about the safety of the passengers, to satisfy customers’ usability, and ultimately to ofer cheaper but efective products which should maximize proft. The healthcare industry is more interested in how the IoT technology can lead to speedy and accurate treatment and how fast they could reach the neediest. This paper initially describes the practicability of equipping a vehicle with modern technology that can help patients to locate the nearest appropriate hospital by uploading their diagnosis into that system. Secondly, to reach the destination (i.e., Hospital) as soon as possible with the help of trafc police. For critical health issues such as Cardiac Arrest, Pregnancy (Labor pain), rapidly bleeding, snakebite, respiratory issues, gunshot fre and badly wounded, etc., where patient needs immediate medical assistance but unfortunately many of the times they could not make it due to trafc jams. While rushing to the hospital in case of medical emergency, it is risky to both communicate and locate the hospital at the same time while driving, so we have developed a system to establish a private network which will communicate via Cloud Thingspeak to the Hospital about our arrival. Also, the system will send patients’ basic details, GPS location to them so that they’ll get ready with their medical support. We will send vehicle information and GPS coordinates to the Trafc control room to get help in clearing the way for the patient’s vehicle till the Hospital. Keywords Raspberry Pi · GPS Sensor · IoT · Cloud Thingspeak · Vehicle location · Trafc control room Introduction The Internet of Things (IoT) technology talks about the interaction between things to things and things to people over the wireless network. Technology is improving at an outlandish rate in today’s society. IoT tender limitless pos- sibilities to both the public and private sectors. Huge inter- est has been seen from the Automobile industry toward IoT applications due to the reasonable benefts it provides in terms of safety and feasibility to customers/passengers. The healthcare industry is more interested in how the IoT tech- nology can lead to speedy and accurate treatment and how fast they could reach the neediest. Emphasis on research can be seen by many industries on IoT and they are invest- ing profoundly due to the potential benefts of it in various felds. All of these things are creating a suitable environment for IoT. As collecting, analyzing, and transmitting data in the IoT growing, more IoT-driven healthcare applications, services, and systems emerging. IoT is the network of com- ponents or things that are embedded with sensors or other technology for connecting and exchanging and transfer data over a wireless network with other devices over the internet. India is one of the countries which is second highly popu- lated and is a fast-growing economy. As of the end of 2020, the number of population in India reached 1.38 billion. For “This article is part of the topical collection “Data Science and Communication” guest edited by Kamesh Namudri, Naveen Chilamkurti, Sushma S J and S. Padmashree” * Mihir J. Gaikwad mihirgaikwad11@gmail.com Prateek P. Sengar prateeksengar2000@gmail.com Premal N. Miglani premalmiglani@gmail.com 1 Department of Information Technology, G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur 440016, India 2 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, G H Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur 440016, India