Northern Shenandoah Valley ITS – Public Safety Initiative: Final Report

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Northern Shenandoah Valley intelligent transportation systems
• Creators:
  Crow, Ed ; Jonson, Janet
• Corporate Creators:
  Pennsylvania State University. Applied Research Laboratory
• Corporate Contributors:
  Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Emergency medical services
  • Emergency communication systems
  • Intelligent transportation systems programs
  • Medical case reports
  • Wireless communication systems
  • Data collection
  • Advanced rural transportation systems
  • ARTS
  • Evaluation/program assessment
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Pennsylvania
• Corporate Publisher:
  Pennsylvania State University. Applied Research Laboratory
• Abstract:
  This report summarizes the efforts of The Pennsylvania State University’s Applied Research Laboratory (PSU/ARL) to conduct field tests using a handheld data collection system to enable emergency medical personnel (EMS) to collect and transfer patient information to the hospital emergency department (ED). The expected benefits of these efforts are improved overall patient care; streamlined administrative reporting; and an increase in overall accuracy and efficiency in EMS operations.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/3861/dot_3861_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 104.52 KB]
• Collection(s):
  ITSJPO Digital Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:851e306cc65236c1c5c08ec3344257fd5f695bce25986ee44aca889d0ee7ff85