GIS/GPS/GSM-based system for ambulance management

In terms of “integration,” GNSS services can be exploited as a building block for dedicated emergency networks. A representative example for this is the SAR service of GALILEO, which integrates the GNSS with the emergency COSPAS-SARSAT system. Other examples have been reported, such as a GIS/GPS/GSM-based system for ambulance management and emergency incident handling in the Greek prefecture of Attica. The integrated system is expected to operate in the National Center of Immediate Assistance (ETAK in Greek), which deals with emergency medical incidents by coordinating and routing ambulances to appropriate hospitals and offering medical care to patients during their transport to hospitals. 

A further system, the Taiwan E-Vanguard for Emergency (EVE), provides help in rescue and first-aid work in rescue operations. EVE consists of rescuers equipped with wearable PDAs, medics with laptops plus GPS, a rescue command center controlled by leaders of rescue and medical teams, and a monitor subsystem that includes physical sensors, such as an oximeter and electron-cardiograph, provided with wireless transmission for the injured. The various parts of the system communicate with each other by means of Bluetooth. The system architecture is displayed. A GPS tracker module—EverMore GM-X205, which supports the NXMEA-0183 output format defined by NMEA—is installed in every laptop used by outdoor medics. It calculates the medics’ positions, using the information from satellites, and transfers them to the server, where they can be displayed on its electronic map, using Bluetooth. Further applications of the system are envisaged in the future, such as homecare for patients with chronic illnesses.



Other examples have been reported, such as a GIS/GPS/GSM-based system for ambulance management and emergency incident handling in the Greek prefecture of Attica. The integrated system is expected to operate in the National Center of Immediate Assistance (ETAK in Greek), which deals with emergency medical incidents by coordinating and routing ambulances to appropriate hospitals and offering medical care to patients during their transport to hospitals. A further system, the Taiwan E-Vanguard for Emergency (EVE), provides help in rescue and first-aid work in rescue operations. EVE consists of rescuers equipped with wearable PDAs, medics with laptops plus electronic tracking device, a rescue command center controlled by leaders of rescue and medical teams, and a monitor subsystem that includes physical sensors, such as an oximeter and electron-cardiograph, provided with wireless transmission for the injured. The various parts of the system communicate with each other by means of Bluetooth.

A further integrated application is reported in, concerning the development of a GPS position location transceiver unit in a GPS Tracking Device-based land search environment (GLASE) system, which is aimed at providing exact position information of search and rescue personnel in the field to the Waverley Ground Search and Rescue (WGSR) tactical search management team in Nova Scotia. An emergency-related application currently under development is the SCORE (EGNOS-based Coordinated Operational Emergency and Rescue) project, which will set up emergency call positioning (E-112, the European version of the U.S. E-911) and rescue force guidance services during accidents or natural disasters.

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