Title :
Proposal of the Disaster-Relief Training System Using the Electronic Triage Tag
Author :
Kojima, Hiroaki ; Nagahashi, Kentaro ; Okada, Ken-ichi
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Sci. & Technol., Keio Univ., Hiyoshi, Japan
Abstract :
When there are a lot of injured people at a large-scale disaster site, medical staff first do triage. Triage is to decide the priority for treatment depending on the degree of severity or urgency of injured people. Paper triage tags are used now to show their condition and to record information on injuries. We do research that collect information of injured people by using electronic triage tags which replace the current paper tags. To do prompt and accurate emergency medical services with electronic tags at a disaster site, it is important for medical staff to engage in a disaster-relief training using them on a daily basis. So we propose the disaster-relief training system using the electronic triage tag. This system supports to develop the scenarios of injured people information and transport information. We let the electronic triage tag generate vital signs of injured people constantly. By collecting and monitoring those data at regular intervals, we aim to conduct a more practical disaster-relief training considering the change in symptoms of injured people.
Keywords :
biomedical education; biomedical electronics; biomedical telemetry; body area networks; body sensor networks; data acquisition; disasters; first aid; injuries; medical information systems; patient monitoring; data collection; disaster-relief training system; electronic triage tag; emergency medical services; injured people information; medical staff; patient monitoring; wireless networks; Color; Image color analysis; Injuries; Monitoring; Proposals; Training; Triage; disaster training; electronic tag; emergency medical service; vital signs;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Biopolis
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-313-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1550-445X
DOI :
10.1109/AINA.2011.104