title: Role-tailored software systems for medical response to disasters: enhancing the capabilities of "mid-tier" responders.
abstract: WIISARD (Wireless Internet Information System for Medical Response in Disasters) is developing wireless technology to coordinate and enhance the care of mass casualties at disaster sites. Mid-tier personnel (area supervisors) play a critical role in disaster response, supervising care processes in the triage, Treatment and Transport areas of the attack site. The design of a software tool to support mid-tier activities focuses on providing supervisors aggregate information on patient conditions and needs, real-time data on ambulance availability and location, and hospital status and on coordinating care delivery among triage, treatment and transport areas.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buono
authors.forename: Theodore C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lenert
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D004190:Disasters; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D018635:Rescue Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012984:Software; D000078329:Workforce