title: Autonomous mobile platform for enhanced situational awareness in Mass Casualty Incidents.
abstract: To enhance the efficiency of the search and rescue process of a Mass Casualty Incident, we introduce a low cost autonomous mobile platform. The mobile platform motion is controlled by an Android Smartphone mounted on a robot. The pictures and video captured by the Smartphone camera can significantly enhance the situational awareness of the incident commander leading to a more efficient search and rescue process. Moreover, the active RFID readers mounted on the mobile platform can improve the localization accuracy of victims in the disaster site in areas where the paramedics are not present, reducing the triage and evacuation time.
authors.forename: Dongyi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schafer
authors.forename: Sili
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Aura
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ganz
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D004631:Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems; D006801:Humans; D054527:Mass Casualty Incidents; D008952:Mobile Health Units; D012371:Robotics; D000068997:Smartphone; D014218:Triage