Demonstrating Innovative Solutions to Care for Others Via Electronic Real-time Information and Emergency Services (DISCOVERIES)

Abstract

DISCOVERIES primary purpose has been to establish an integrated prehospital and hospital telemedicine test bed at Loma Linda University Medical Center. This test bed will facilitate research into prehospital care, which is critical to providing timely, evidence-based medical care to the wounded soldier on the battlefield. Significant accomplishments include:the establishment of a Center for Prehospital Care, Education, and Research; development of an Emergency Medical Services Fellowship; and implementation of an automated prehospital data collection system. Additionally, the project has produced two technologies that will enhance the emergency response in critical incidents(1) an off-road capable Mobile Telemedicine Vehicle (MTV), and (2) the Advanced Emergency Geographic Information System (AEGIS). Both of these technologies allow real-time information to be available to incident managers and responders to improve consequence management.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2009
Accession Number
AD1060392

Entities

People

  • Elizabeth L. Walters

Organizations

  • Loma Linda University Medical Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical Research
  • Communication Systems
  • Databases
  • Disasters
  • Education
  • Emergencies
  • Emergency Response
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Information Systems
  • Institutional Review Board
  • Medical Personnel
  • Radio Equipment
  • Tablet Computers
  • Test Beds

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Medical or Health Care Field.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics