title: Smart garments for emergency operators: results of laboratory and field tests.
abstract: The first generation of ProeTEX prototypes has been completed at the end of August 2007. In the following period two main activities have involved the project partners. On one hand new technologies (in terms of sensors and devices) to be integrated in the next releases of prototypes have been developed; on the other hand intensive test sessions on the first prototype (both in laboratory conditions and simulating real operative scenarios) have been carried out. This paper is mainly focused on this second facet. Great efforts have been dedicated to the trials for different reasons: firstly to investigate the appropriateness and efficiency of the system in normal and harsh conditions; secondly to obtain useful indications regarding usability and efficacy by the end-users involved in the project. The results of the trials have been used to define the specifications of the second generation of prototypes, that will be released within the end of 2008.
authors.affiliation: Eucentre, Pavia, Italy. davide.curone@eucentre.it
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Curone
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dudnik
authors.forename: Giannicola
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Loriga
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Magenes
authors.forename: Emanuele Lindo
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Secco
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tognetti
authors.forename: Annalisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bonfiglio
mesh_terms: D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011481:Protective Clothing; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013147:Spirometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D013686:Telemetry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013817:Thermography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014159:Transducers