title: Tablet computing for disaster scene managers.
abstract: WIISARD utilizes wireless technology to improve the care of victims following a mass casualty disaster. The WIISARD Scene Manager device (WSM) is designed to enhance the collection and accessibility of real-time data on victims, ambulances and hospitals for disaster supervisors and managers. We recently deployed WSM during a large-scale disaster exercise. The WSM performed well logging and tracking victims and ambulances. Scene managers had access to data and utilized the WSM to coordinate patient care and disposition.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Veterans San Diego Health Care System, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Theodore C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Colleen J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Buono
authors.forename: James P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Killeen
authors.forename: William G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Griswold
authors.forename: Ricky
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lenert
mesh_terms: D004190:Disasters; D004631:Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D018635:Rescue Work / Q000458:organization & administration; D014584:User-Computer Interface