陽明交通大學推出新平台服務，幫助監測新冠病患的健康狀態NYCU launches a mobile platform to help monitor health of COVID patients

Researchers at NYCU created a mobile platform that enables healthcare workers to remotely monitor COVID-19 patients’ blood oxygen concentration levels, which reduces the need for frontline medical workers to contact COVID-19 patients in person.

Recently, Taiwan has seen an unexpected rise in the number of COVID deaths, which, according to experts, are caused by “happy hypoxia.” Happy hypoxia leaves patients feeling well, not realizing their blood oxygen concentration level is lower than normal.

Generally, the oxygen saturation level should be between 95 percent and 100 percent. If the readings of the oximeter drop below 94%, which is abnormal, the platform will send a signal to healthcare workers to warn them of the situation. Several hospitals in New Taipei City and some quarantine facilities in Taipei have implemented the system.

友善讓你懂｜解說：

國立陽明交通大學（NYCU, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University）的研究人員，打造了一個手機適用的平台，幫助醫療人員遠端監控新冠患者的血氧濃度，如此一來能夠減少前線醫療人員直接跟確診病患接觸的機會。

近來，台灣的新冠死亡人數無預警地上升，根據專家判斷，這些死亡是由「快樂缺氧」現象所導致的。快樂缺氧會讓人感覺自己沒什麼狀況，沒有意識到他們血液中的血氧濃度低於正常值。

正常來說，血氧飽和的數字會在95％到100%之間，如果血氧機測出來的數字突然掉到94%以下，意味著出現異常，平台就會直接傳送訊息給醫療人員，警告他們患者的病情變化。新北市數間醫院及台北市的部份隔離設施，現在已經啟用了這個監測系統。

輕鬆帶著走｜學習：

monitor 當名詞用時，是常見的「螢幕、顯示器」，當動詞用時，則有「監視、監控、監測」等等意思。

例句：

His parents are monitoring how he uses his cell phone. 他爸媽正監控他如何使用手機。

本篇其他相關單字：

• blood oxygen concentration level 血氧濃度
• concentration (n.) 濃度；專心
• happy hypoxia 快樂缺氧/隱形缺氧
• saturation (n.)飽和
• reading (n.) 讀出來的數值
• oximeter (n.) 血氧儀
• abnormal (adj.) 異常