MEDEA Features Problems status quo - Non-structured, (spoken) sequential disclosure of information
- lacking basic knowledge (diagnoses, therapies, medications) at the accident
- site of the patient
- no suitable tool/device for quality assurance
- an error-free, required by law, accident protocol is very hard to realize
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Results
- the best possible preparation at the receiving hospital is not possible
- potential delay of the necessary life-saving medical measures and as such
- a possible reduction of the quality of care of the patient
- and neglect of the medical protocol requirement
Benefits - simple, fast and mobile data collection corresponding to usability criteria and following the fire & forget principle
- Data collection simultaneous to first aid through voice recognition
- utilizing the health card (e-card) to identify the patient, i.e. accident victim
- GPS-localization of the emergency physician
- contactless identification of the emergency physician (RFID) and the patient
How it works Data are entered into MEDEA via voice recognition and mobile data collection devices (rugged tablet PC’s, PDA’s, wearable equipment) and are transmitted via wireless communication (GPRS, UMTS) to a distribution centre. The emergency physician collects the following data amongst others: - patient identification and demographic data
- current medications and therapies
- medically relevant and especially critical historical patient’s data
All protocolled entries are time-stamped in order to guarantee an accurate happening of events later on. An automatic GPS determination of the accident location and the capability of to read in data from the patient’s e-card appear to be sensible.
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