Patent ID: 6499658
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: G06K,G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
A method for tracking multiple injured victims at a multiple injury scene to provide information on their medical status and their location to emergency personnel and to treatment facilities, the method comprising sequentially the steps of:a. examining the injured victims at said scene to determine the medical condition of said victims; b. attaching a tag to each of said victims to identify said victim and to indicate said medical condition of said victim, said tag having visual and machine-readable information thereon indicating the identity and medical condition of said victim; c. providing victim transportation units at said scene for transporting said victims to medical treatment facilities; and d. electronically scanning and transmitting said machine-readable information on each of said victims to emergency personnel at said victim transportation units at said scene to enable emergency personnel at said victim transportation units to determine which victims and the number of victims that are in most urgent need of transport to a medical treatment facility.