Application of GPS/GIS technologies in the pre-hospital first aid: Lessons learned from Suzhou municipal hospital case study

Author

Bai, Yulong

Author_Institution

120 First Aid Center, Municipal Hosp. of Suzhou, Suzhou, China

fYear

2009

fDate

12-14 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

In the pre-hospital first aid, rapid response which runs through the ldquoentire green channelrdquo, including reasonable dispatch and timely knowing of the route of the scene before departure, is no doubt the foundation of the success treatment. This paper presents a case study of using advanced Global Positioning System (GPS) and geographical information systems (GIS) technologies to provide dynamic dispatch functionalities Our results show that people-oriented GPS/GIS technologies play an important role in enhancing the quality of first aid activities to protect the people´s health.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; geographic information systems; health care; medical information systems; GPS/GIS technology; Global Positioning System; Suzhou municipal hospital; entire green channel; geographical information system; people health care; pre-hospital first aid; Application software; Geographic Information Systems; Global Positioning System; Hospitals; Information systems; Layout; Monitoring; Personnel; Telephony; Vehicles; First Aid; Geographic Information System (GIS); Global Positioning System (GPS); Rapid Response;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoinformatics, 2009 17th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Fairfax, VA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4562-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4563-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GEOINFORMATICS.2009.5293042

Filename

5293042