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Gerard Demers¹, Christopher Kahn, Per Johansson

¹1 University of California, San Diego Health System, UCSD EM Department, San Diego, California USA.

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A new electronic medical record (EMR) system enhances disaster response by improving patient tracking and data security. This secure prehospital EMR system offers better documentation during mass-casualty incidents (MCIs).

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Area of Science:

Emergency Medicine
Health Informatics
Disaster Response Technology

Background:

Traditional paper-based tracking and radio communication in mass-casualty incidents (MCIs) are error-prone and unreliable.
Disaster scenarios can compromise communication infrastructure, highlighting the need for self-contained electronic medical record (EMR) systems.
Protecting sensitive patient information within prehospital disaster EMRs is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a novel handheld, wireless EMR system for disaster medical response.
To assess the feasibility and effectiveness of using current technology for secure prehospital data management during emergencies.

Main Methods:

Development of the Wireless Internet Information System for medicAl Response in Disasters (WIISARD) system.
Integration of smartphones with radio frequency identification (RFID) readers for casualty tracking.
Utilizing an encrypted network for secure transmission of medical information.

Main Results:

The WIISARD system demonstrated excellent results in field tests during disaster exercises.
The system enables efficient tracking of casualties and secure data sharing among response teams and medical facilities.
The technology facilitates robust content including protected health information (PHI) in a prehospital setting.

Conclusions:

A secure prehospital triage EMR significantly improves documentation quality during disaster drills.
The developed wireless EMR system represents a critical advancement in disaster medical response capabilities.