Title :
Scalable patients tracking framework for mass casualty incidents
Author :
Yu, Xunyi ; Ganz, Aura
Author_Institution :
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
fDate :
Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011
Abstract :
We introduce a system that tracks patients in a Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) using active RFID triage tags and mobile anchor points (DM-tracks) carried by the paramedics. The system does not involve any fixed deployment of the localization devices while maintaining a low cost triage tag. The localization accuracy is comparable to GPS systems without incurring the cost of providing a GPS based device to every patient in the disaster scene.
Keywords :
Accuracy; Active RFID tags; Global Positioning System; Mobile communication; Time measurement; Wireless sensor networks; Algorithms; Cellular Phone; Emergency Medical Tags; Emergency Medical Technicians; Mass Casualty Incidents; Massachusetts; Radio Frequency Identification Device; Triage;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090224
