A new system for transmission of on‐line information from scene of accident and ambulances to hospitals
| Autor: | Per Örtenwall, Anders Rüter, Thore Wikström |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Database server
Mobitex business.industry Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Poison control medicine.disease law.invention Transmission (mechanics) law Emergency Medicine Information system Medicine The Internet Medical emergency Line (text file) business Daily routine |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Disaster Medicine. 1:127-131 |
| ISSN: | 1651-3037 1503-1438 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15031430310031366 |
| Popis: | Objective. The ‘Swede information system’ was introduced in a county with approximately 450,000 inhabitants in April 2000. The implementation of this information system, intended to be operative in major incidents and disasters, has included the introduction of new technologies as well as new standard operating procedures for both ambulance crews and hospital staff. The objective of this study was to see how this information system with digitally mediated transmission was used as a daily routine during a 2‐month period, 1 year after its introduction. Methods. The Swede information system sends on‐line information from ambulances to emergency wards in the county. The technique used is a LAN (local area net) for communication within the site of the accident, Mobitex® from the ambulances to a data server and from this by Internet to the hospitals. During March and April 2001 all events when an ambulance was dispatched were recorded. All cases when the system was used to notify the receiving hospital were rec... |
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