Citation

Cabrera MF, Arredondo MT, Rodriguez A, Quiroga J. Proc. AMIA Symp. 2001; ePub(ePub): 86-89.

Affiliation

Bioengineering and Telemedicine Group, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Hanley and Belfus)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11825159

PMCID

PMC2243654

Abstract

Nowadays a great number of applications are used to compile and transmit casualties and disasters information but there are many troubles associated with the technology as can be the communications reliability and the size and weight of the devices medical staff has to carry with. Telecommunication infrastructures support information movement among geographically dispersed locations. Recently a large family of little devices has appeared in the buyer's market. They are called Personal Digital Assistants and because of their physic and technical features, they are very useful in the emergency field. As for the communications reliability, many technologies have been developed in the last years but it is necessary to find a solution that can be used in whatever situation independently of the emergency circumstances. Facing this reality, the Spanish government funded REMAF, an ATYCA (Initiative of Support for the Technology, Security and Quality in the Industry) project. REMAF joined research groups (UPM), phone operators (Fundación Airtel Móvil) and end users (SAMUR) to build a disaster data management system conceived to use modern telemedicine systems to optimize the management in these situations, taking the advantage of the above mentioned mobile communication tools and networks.

Language: en