title: Information collection and dissemination: toward a portable, real-time information sharing platform for emergency response.
abstract: The Advanced Health and Disaster Aid Network (AID-N) project seeks to 1) identify unmet needs of Washington DC area emergency response teams during mass casualty incidents and, 2) conduct feasibility tests of technology-based solutions. This paper describes Surveillance and Incident Reporting PDAs (SIRP), which provide an alternative platform for emergency response information collection, dissemination, and visualization.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland School of Engineering, College Park, MD, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: Tia
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D034201:Computers, Handheld; D004190:Disasters; D004631:Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D033181:Information Dissemination; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic