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Astronomy & Astrophysics (Pulsars & Time Domain Astrophysics)
Postgraduate Researcher, Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, The University of Manchester
Researcher, Bose.X Center for Astrophysical Research
Med2Wheel - An Emergency Response Application
Arun Kumar T, Hariprasath B, Jaswant Jayacumaar , Ragavendar E, Gokul P, Karthik S, Senthilpandian M
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Med2Wheel arrives within the first critical minutes of an emergency, using the ambucycles and their GPS Tracking System. Treating victims in this crucial time frame minimizes– potential brain damage and other serious threats, and often results in lives being saved. If an ambulance arrived 15 minutes later or if the ambucycle wasn’t there in the crucial moments, the person could be dead.
First responder volunteers begin treatment in order to stabilize a patient’s condition. Receiving initial treatment within 3 minutes of the incident assures a higher chance of survival in critical situations and speedier recovery for many other injuries and illnesses. Brain death and permanent death transpires 4 to 6 minutes after someone experiences cardiac arrest. A victim’s chances of survival are reduced by 7% to 10% with every minute that passes without defibrillation and advanced life support intervention.
Medics arrive on average, within 2-4 minutes of the call for help, often faster. Receiving initial treatment within 2-4 minutes of the incident assures a higher chance of survival in critical situations and speedy recovery from injuries and illness. The Med2Wheel medics treat and stabilize the patient and then integrate with the arriving ambulance crew who arrive typically 8-10 minutes after the initial call for help.
Ambucycles are nothing but motorcycles with advanced emergency medical kits used by the volunteers to make sure they get to emergencies within the first few minutes. Ambucycles, due to their size, are not held up by traffic jams or narrow streets, unlike cars and ambulances. Ambucycles have an attached first-aid case that is designed to hold all the necessary medical equipment. No matter where a volunteer is, he/she is always ready to leave whatever he/she is doing, get on his or her ambucycle, turn on the sirens, and race to an emergency.
To direct the Med2Wheel medics to the patients, we are going to develop a unique GPS Tracking Application with which our average response time is maintained between 2-4 mins.
Our mission is to arrive at the scene of medical emergencies as soon as possible and provide the patient with professional and appropriate medical aid until an ambulance arrives, resulting in many more lives saved.
SWOT ANALYSIS
Advisor: Dr. Senthilpandian M
Assistant Professor
School of Civil Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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