Disaster Relief Coordination using a Documentation System for Emergency Medical Services

In our earlier work we introduced a mobile documentation system for emergency medical services. The system delivers more comprehensive and detailed documentation of prehospital care than existing systems. Also, it makes documentation and patient monitoring easier and gives paramedics more time to treat the patient. Technical solutions for implementing the documentation system are described in this paper. Based on our documentation system we introduce a novel system for coordinating resources in disaster medicine. The system utilizes the triage method in prioritizing patients and provides an up-to-date view of the emergency scene. This allows better coordination of relief effort by providing better control over manpower and equipment