NDLI: Wireless Medical Sensor Networks in Emergency Response: Implementation and Pilot Results

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Author	Tia Gao Pesto, C. Selavo, L. Yin Chen Jeong Gil Ko Jong Hyun Lim Terzis, A. Watt, A. Jeng, J. Bor-rong Chen Lorincz, K. Welsh, M.
Copyright Year	2008
Description	Author affiliation: Aid Networks, Rockville, MD (Tia Gao; Pesto, C.; Selavo, L.)
Abstract	This project demonstrates the feasibility of using cost- effective, flexible, and scalable sensor networks to address critical bottlenecks of the emergency response process. For years, emergency medical service providers conducted patient care by manually measuring vital signs, documenting assessments on paper, and communicating over handheld radios. When disasters occurred, the large numbers of casualties quickly and easily overwhelmed the responders. Collaboration with EMS and hospitals in the Baltimore Washington Metropolitan region prompted us to develop miTag (medical information tag), a cost- effective wireless sensor platform that automatically track patients throughout each step of the disaster response process, from disaster scenes, to ambulances, to hospitals. The miTag is a highly extensible platform that supports a variety of sensor add-ons - GPS, pulse oximetry, blood pressure, temperature, ECG - and relays data over a self-organizing wireless mesh network Scalability is the distinguishing characteristic of miTag: its wireless network scales across a wide range of network densities, from sparse hospital network deployments to very densely populated mass casualty sites. The miTag system is out-of-the-box operational and includes the following key technologies: 1) cost-effective sensor hardware, 2) self-organizing wireless network and 3) scalable server software that analyzes sensor data and delivers real-time updates to handheld devices and web portals. The system has evolved through multiple iterations of development and pilot deployments to become an effective patient monitoring solution. A pilot conducted with the Department of Homeland Security indicates miTags can increase the patient care capacity of responders in the field A pilot at Washington Hospital showed miTags are capable of reliably transmitting data inside radio-interference-rich critical care settings.
Starting Page	187
Ending Page	192
File Size	8181373
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424419777
DOI	10.1109/THS.2008.4534447
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2008-05-12
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Temperature sensors Wireless sensor networks Hospitals Wireless mesh networks Layout Collaboration Medical services Sensor phenomena and characterization Sensor systems Global Positioning System
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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