Athanasios Kessatis
ABSTRACT
The present study presents the development of a complete service of prehospital emergency medicine (PEM). This service aims to introduce a system which will include:
Immediate localization of NCEM ambulances and their guidance to patient's point.
Patient's follow up during the transportation to the hospital via transmission of biomedical signals to NCEM and to the Emergency Department (ED) of the hospital. The above described system consists of three entities that interact:
1. Vehicles of NCEM (ambulances)
2. The NCEM operating room of Thrace
3. The hospital that accepts the patients. This system also is divided into two subsystems:
A) Vehicle control subsystem. This subsystem works using the GIS. GIS requires three basic technological units: Telematic units on the vehicles which are GPS, PDA device, GSM/GPRS systems. An operating center which will use digital maps of the district of Thrace and proper software for the communication with the vehicles. A geographic data base able for continuously updates data transmitted from the vehicles.
B) Biomedical signal transmission subsystem. This subsystem requires the following technological support:
• Telemedicine units on the vehicles (device for monitoring clinical data and a laptop or tablet PC).
• Control and signal operation center with a server PC which be the NCEM's operating room in Thrace.
• The ED at the hospital with a PC.
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Index Terms
- Application of a telemedicine system for the needs of prehospital emergency medicine at the area of Thrace-Greece
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