# Presentation: 717835

## Introduction to WISER

- Presented by
- Dana Abbey
- Consumer Health Liaison
- National Network of Libraries of Medicine-Colorado

- W		Wireless
- I		Information
- S		System (for)
- E		Emergency
- R		Responders

**Saves lives and minimizes environmental impact**

**wiser.nlm.nih.gov**

## Features	

- Developed for First Responders
- Standalone PDA (personal digital assistants) application, desktop, and Web-based versions
- Supports data on 390 chemical, biological and radioactive substances
- Detailed information on over 4,700 critical hazardous substances
- Data from NLM’s Hazardous Substances Data Bank, a peer-reviewed database
- Funded by the National Library of Medicine
- Developed in collaboration with regional and local emergency response organizations
- It’s FREE

**Notes:**
Large bookmark and booklet describing services

List of web resources in handouts

## Current Applications

- Over 17,000 copies of WISER have been requested for download
- Baltimore County, MD HAZMAT Team Training Curricula
- Illinois Fire Service Institute training
- Federal Emergency Management Agencies (FEMA) Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program

## HAZMAT Statistics

- In 2004, there were over 34,000 incidents of hazardous substances and waste released into the environment.
- Air=995 incidents
- Rail=753 incidents
- Highway=12,977 incidents

## WISER Fact Sheet

- The WISER hand-held information system:
- Customized for easy navigation
- Quick access
- Provides accurate information
- Intuitive, simple, and logical user interface

## WISER Fact Sheet

- Integrated information on:
- Hazardous materials (hazmat)
- Human health data
- Containment and suppression information
- Available emergency resources
- Surrounding environmental conditions

## Main Screen

**Notes:**
Technology/Informatics
CT, MR and cryosection images of representative male and female cadavers has been completed. 

The male was sectioned at one millimeter intervals, the female at one-third of a millimeter intervals. 

Started 1989 Datasets released 1994, 1995

Outreach
Historically Black colleges & universities
Native Americans
Plan to reduce health disparities

Grants
IADL $45,000-$117,000
System $150,000/yr

## Known Substance

**Critical information is just a tap away:**
**Search by Substance Name**
**Search by UN/NA **
**(United Nations/North American Hazardous Chemicals)**
**Search by CAS **
**(****Chemical Abstract Service)**
**Search by STCC **
**(Standard Transportation Commodity Code)**

## Unknown Substance

**Tap Here**

## Property Selection

## Additional Property Selection

## Symptoms for Unidentified Substance

**Tap corresponding regions of the human body to display symptom options**

- brain
- eyes
- ears
- nose
- mouth/throat
- lung
- heart stomach/kidney
- arm
- thermometer

**Tap here**

## Results for Unidentified Substance

**Lists substances that match properties and symptoms that have been selected.**

## Sample Property Identification

## Sample Symptoms

## Sample Results

## WISER

- Technology for First Responders, Hazmat Specialists, or Emergency Medical Specialist
- Rapid access to hazardous substance information
- Guidance for immediate action
- Saves lives
- Protects the environment

## Questions/Comments to:

- Dana Abbey
- National Network of Libraries of Medicine
- MidContinental Region
- _[Dana.abbey@uchsc.edu](mailto:Dana.abbey@uchsc.edu)_
- 303-315-4875