Research Article
iVital: A Real Time Monitoring System for First Response Teams
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-30422-4_29, author={Diogo Teles and M\^{a}rcio Colunas and Jos\^{e} Fernandes and Il\^{\i}dio Oliveira and Jo\"{a}o Cunha}, title={iVital: A Real Time Monitoring System for First Response Teams}, proceedings={Smart Objects}, proceedings_a={SMART}, year={2012}, month={9}, keywords={First Responders Vital Responder Vital Signs Monitoring Vital Jacket® iPad Android}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-30422-4_29} }- Diogo Teles
Márcio Colunas
José Fernandes
Ilídio Oliveira
João Cunha
Year: 2012
iVital: A Real Time Monitoring System for First Response Teams
SMART
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-30422-4_29
Abstract
Every day, thousands of first responders work to save the lives of others, sometimes without the adequate surveillance of health conditions. The VitalResponder is a project that aims at monitoring and control teams of first responders in emergency scenarios, using mobile technologies to capture and use real-time data to support real-time coordination. In this paper we present a system to capture, process, and display the vital signs of team members, which are made available to a first responders’ team leader, for coordination and monitoring. The system addresses specific requirements of the field action, such as the mobility of actors, combining two of the most recent mobile technologies: the iPad (for the coordination view) and Android OS-based smartphones (for real-time sensor data acquisition).