PFD to Use Wireless Technology to Track Patients, Decrease Response Time
Portsmouth Fire Department is installing real-time, wireless Patient Tracking Systems in all three of its ambulance vehicles. The technology is funded through a federal grant.
A Mass Casualty Incident or MCI is an event no one even wants to think about, much less experience firsthand. The folks at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in a post-9/11 world, do think about it, however. And in the effort to make Americans safer, including residents of Portsmouth, Homeland Security, through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has issued a grant that will underwrite a wireless application to assist emergency rescue personnel to more effectively respond to the unthinkable. And it's way better than the new iPhone in that it just might one day save your life. To help the Portsmouth Fire Department, emergency medical personnel and local hospitals respond to an MCI, as well surge capacity on a daily …
