Low Band Telemedicine Decision Support System for Disaster Situations
Abstract
Project accomplishments as of the date of the report: The first part of the project involves development of software in preparation for field testing of the trauma web-based decision support system. Dr. Aoki and others, who comprise the research team at Baylor College of Medicine, have developed a preliminary version of web and evidence-based decision support system (WEDS) that is accessible from a Palm device. A new web site (http://weds.it.bcm.tmc.edu:59l/crush/P_index.htm) was created to serve this project. Commercially available software is used with a Palm V hand-held platform to access the web site via wireless modem. The server's HTML code has been designed to optimize the display of the WEDS internet page on the Palm computer. This will be the device tested in the field for triage of traumatically injured patients. It is currently configured so that the caregiver in the field is prompted to enter 4 data elements: patient name, elapsed time from injury to rescue, pulse rate and urine color (Figure 1). The caregiver then presses the displayed "calculate" button, initiating evaluation of the data on the server decision support system. Logistic regression analysis of the provided data requires approximately one second.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA392340
Entities
People
- Patricia Hastings
Organizations
- Tripler Army Medical Center