Development of computer-assisted patient control for use in the hospital setting during mass casualty incidents

摘要: Abstract Hospital resolution of mass casualty incidents can have difficulties involving “command and control” information management, ineffective use triage classes, missed diagnostic procedures, leading to lower quality care. A computer system has been developed supply continuously updated group patient data. The uses barcoded identifiers represent patients, injuries, facilities, locations, in order minimize errors make exchange data possible. communicates with the permanent hospital system. This article reports this technology during several experiments real incidents. Computer registration based on bar codes, despite greater number items entered, still showed 25% fewer inaccuracies when compared handwritten medical charts. Extensive training was shown be unnecessary. Paramedical personnel judged automated procedures an improvement admission 143 evacuated patients.