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REDAlert+: Medical/Fire Emergency and Warning System using Android Devices

REDAlert+: Medical/Fire Emergency and Warning System using Android Devices

Arjun Shakdher, Kavita Pandey
Copyright: © 2017 |Volume: 8 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 15
ISSN: 1947-315X|EISSN: 1947-3168|EISBN13: 9781522513810|DOI: 10.4018/IJEHMC.2017010103
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Shakdher, Arjun, and Kavita Pandey. "REDAlert+: Medical/Fire Emergency and Warning System using Android Devices." IJEHMC vol.8, no.1 2017: pp.37-51. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJEHMC.2017010103

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Shakdher, A. & Pandey, K. (2017). REDAlert+: Medical/Fire Emergency and Warning System using Android Devices. International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications (IJEHMC), 8(1), 37-51. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJEHMC.2017010103

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Shakdher, Arjun, and Kavita Pandey. "REDAlert+: Medical/Fire Emergency and Warning System using Android Devices," International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications (IJEHMC) 8, no.1: 37-51. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJEHMC.2017010103

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Abstract

Each year, thousands of people in developing countries die due to delayed medical response. A common complaint is that emergency vehicles respond late and when they reach the hospital, precious time is lost in understanding the patient trauma before the doctors can get to work. A large number of deaths can be prevented if medical services can be provided to the victims in time, which can happen when the emergency wing of a hospital has advance information about the trauma before the patient reaches the hospital. Most hospitals lack communication infrastructure that allows them to coordinate with emergency vehicles bringing patients to hospital. In developed countries, Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs) are prevalent. These networks use vehicles as mobile nodes to create a small-interconnected network on the road. A mobile application based on the principle of VANETs in combination with wireless communication and database management has been devised, that when integrated with emergency vehicles and hospitals, provides a seamless medical response system at times of an emergency.

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