title: Scalable patients tracking framework for mass casualty incidents.
abstract: We introduce a system that tracks patients in a Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) using active RFID triage tags and mobile anchor points (DM-tracks) carried by the paramedics. The system does not involve any fixed deployment of the localization devices while maintaining a low cost triage tag. The localization accuracy is comparable to GPS systems without incurring the cost of providing a GPS based device to every patient in the disaster scene.
authors.affiliation: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA.
authors.forename: Xunyi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Aura
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ganz
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D040421:Cell Phone / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004633:Emergency Medical Tags; D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians / Q000458:organization & administration*; D054527:Mass Casualty Incidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008404:Massachusetts; D057233:Radio Frequency Identification Device / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014218:Triage / Q000379:methods*