Using Technology to Enhance Rural Resilience in Pre-Hospital Emergencies.
This paper contributes to understanding of the geography of emergency pre-hospital care in rural Scotland and explores the role technology can play in improving the resilience of rural communities. In rural areas worldwide, it can be difficult to access appropriate health services locally and long j...
| Published in: | Scottish Geographical Journal Vol. 131; no. 3/4; pp. 194 - 201 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=110401529&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 110401529 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 14702541 8NB jtl: Scottish Geographical Journal issn: 14702541 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep/Dec2015 vid: 131 iid: 3/4 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 110401529 10.1080/14702541.2014.978810 ppf: 194 ppct: 7 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 245KB tig: atl: Using Technology to Enhance Rural Resilience in Pre-Hospital Emergencies. aug: au: Schneider, Anne Helen Mort, Alasdair Kindness, Peter Mellish, Chris Reiter, Ehud Wilson, Phil affil: Department of Computing Science, University of Aberdeen, King's College, Aberdeen, UK dot.rural the Digital Economy Hub at the University of Aberdeen, UK Centre for Rural Health, Inverness, UK su: Information services Technology Rural development Medical emergencies Effect of technological innovations on cities & towns Psychological resilience Medical care sug: subj: Information services Technology Rural development Medical emergencies Effect of technological innovations on cities & towns Psychological resilience Medical care keyword: community first responders community resilience demographic ageing emergency medicine first aid natural language generation pre-hospital care ab: This paper contributes to understanding of the geography of emergency pre-hospital care in rural Scotland and explores the role technology can play in improving the resilience of rural communities. In rural areas worldwide, it can be difficult to access appropriate health services locally and long journeys present challenges to the delivery of care. Poor mobile network coverage, remote locations with poor transport networks and inclement weather can all delay the arrival of help. The Scottish Ambulance Service operates a Community First Responder (CFR) scheme to care for patients in mainly rural areas while an ambulance is on its way. Community First Responders are volunteers trained in the basics of life-support but may have to care for patients with life-threatening illness (and sometimes injury) for a considerable period of time. Our paper showcases the Managing Information in Medical Emergencies project, which aims to support CFRs. We have developed novel technology to enable CFRs to capture a greater volume of patient data (including physiological parameters), provide them with an enhanced awareness of a patient's medical status and automatically generate handover reports for them. It is hoped that the handover reports improve the chain of communication from first person on scene to definitive care. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Scottish Geographical Journal is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Scottish Geographical Journal holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2015 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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