title: Vital signs monitoring and patient tracking over a wireless network.
abstract: Patients at a disaster scene can greatly benefit from technologies that continuously monitor their vital status and track their locations until they are admitted to the hospital. We have designed and developed a real-time patient monitoring system that integrates vital signs sensors, location sensors, ad-hoc networking, electronic patient records, and web portal technology to allow remote monitoring of patient status. This system shall facilitate communication between providers at the disaster scene, medical professionals at local hospitals, and specialists available for consultation from distant facilities.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD 20723 USA (phone: 240-228-3475; fax: 301-762-8230; e-mail: tia.gao@jhuapl.edu).
authors.forename: Tia
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Greenspan
authors.forename: Matt
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Welsh
authors.forename: Radford
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Juang
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alm