title: [ACN (Automatic Collision Notification)--reducing fatalities in traffic accidents by automated accident reporting].
abstract: To improve patient's outcome of seriously injured occupants after vehicle accident rescue should be performed as soon as possible. While the rescue-time-period after EMS alarming is well-defined the rescue-time-period before EMS-alarm is very variable from minutes to several hours. To reduce the rescue-time-period between accident occurrence and EMS-alarm the Automatic Collision Notification (ACN) was developed. The ACN is a new invehicle-equipment which detects a severe vehicle crash and alarms via cellular phone the EMS automatically. Simultaneously the exact accident location is transmitted (GPS). Official data of the European Community predict a 15% reduction of road traffic fatalities with ACN. Thereby the economical benefit of about 561 million [symbol: see text] could be calculated for Germany 2000.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377 München.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pieske
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lob
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Messner
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lange
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haberl
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000145:classification / Q000401:mortality*; D001336:Automobiles; D040421:Cell Phone; D004631:Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000145:classification / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D012984:Software; D015996:Survival Rate
vernacular_title: ACN--Reduzierung von Toten im Strassenverkehr durch automatische Unfallmeldung.