Mobile DIORAMA-II: Infrastructure less information collection system for mass casualty incidents

Author

Ganz, Aura ; Schafer, James M. ; Zhuorui Yang ; Jun Yi ; Lord, Graydon ; Ciottone, Gregory

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

26-30 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

2682

Lastpage

2685

Abstract

In this paper we introduce DIORAMA-II system that provides real time information collection in mass casualty incidents. Using a mobile platform that includes active RFID tags and readers as well as Smartphones, the system can determine the location of victims and responders. The system provides user friendly multi dimensional user interfaces as well as collaboration tools between the responders and the incident commander. We conducted two simulated mass casualty incidents with 50 victims each and professional responders. DIORAMA-II significantly reduces the evacuation time by up to 43% when compared to paper based triage systems. All responders that participated in all trials were very satisfied. They felt in control of the incident and mentioned that the system significantly reduced their stress level during the incident. They all mentioned that they would use the system in an actual incident.

Keywords

biomedical telemetry; data acquisition; emergency services; groupware; human computer interaction; medical computing; mobile computing; patient care; psychology; radiofrequency identification; real-time systems; smart phones; telemedicine; user interfaces; RFID readers; active RFID tags; evacuation time reduction; incident commander collaboration tools; infrastructureless information collection system; mass casualty incident control; mass casualty incident simulation; mobile DIORAMA-II system; mobile platform; paper based triage systems; real time information collection; responder collaboration tools; responder location determination; responder satisfaction; responder stress level reduction; smartphones; user friendly multidimensional user interfaces; victim location determination; Active RFID tags; Collaboration; Integrated circuits; Mobile communication; Real-time systems; Smart phones; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944175

Filename

6944175