Mobility enabled emergency medical response

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Challenge

Tempos21 is a leading company in the creation and exploitation of mobile services for varying business needs. Tempos21 is also a Wireless Application Service Provider (W-ASP) that develops services and solutions along four main lines of business: Mobile Multimedia Marketing, Localisation Services, Productivity Service and Connectivity Services. By providing W-ASP, clients of Tempos21 avoid costly investments and complex system integrations when benefiting from mobility services.

Solution

An example of one of their solutions is a mobile application integrating the accident and emergency area of the hospital clinic in Barcelona with the mobile medical teams in ambulances. The service provides valuable preparatory information to medical staff at the clinic before the patient arrives.Medical personnel responding to emergencies in ambulances are equipped with a TSM-500 terminal (mobile PDA). Patient data can thus be sent already from the ambulance via GPRS to a web system that forwards the information via email to Blackberry terminals in the emergency department. By ensuring a high level of information is shared by the time the patient arrives in the hospital, medical treatment will be brought to effect as quickly as possible.

Results

One part of the data sent from the ambulance is introduced manually by the ambulance’s medic, whilst the rest of the data is directly transmitted from the defibrillator of the ambulance via GPRS. The medics at the Accident and Emergency ward in turn are equipped with Blackberry terminals, which are mobile phones with built-in email server and a permanent connection to the email servers. This ensures that medics can receive data real-time on the incoming patient at any moment in time, enabling early preparations for adequate treatment.

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