Pervasive Patient Tracking for Mass Casualty Incident Response

摘要

Transportation officers at mass casualty incidents are faced with the daunting task of tracking large amounts of patients as they leave the disaster scene. Patients often leave under their own power without notifying any authorities, presenting an organizational problem for personnel attempting to account for every patient they have treated. This paper describes a system to provide seamless tracking of patients at disasters and en route to hospitals using electronic triage tags registered with an external database.