title: Instant electronic patient data input during emergency response in major disaster setting: report on the use of a rugged wearable (handheld) device and the concept of information flow throughout the deployment of the disaster response upon hospital admission.
abstract: A hard- and software solution has been conceived, realized, produced and used to gather clinical information about disaster victims in the field in such a way that it makes the different efforts made by mass casualty incident management managers and first responders work more efficient, ergonomic, safe and useful for further scientific and statistic analysis.
authors.affiliation: Monica General Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Laurent
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beaucourt
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004190:Disasters; D004631:Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans; D010343:Patient Admission