Patent Publication Number: US-2022215497-A1

Title: Registration of emergencies

Description:
The present disclosure relates to a system for registering emergency situations. In particular a system comprising a physical booklet comprising instructions for handling such emergency situations. 
     BACKGROUND 
     For first responders to an emergency, such as personal at a sports venue, lifeguards on a beach or at a public pool, or similar, it may be beneficial or even required by authorities that any emergency (or other critical situation in the following collectively labelled as an emergency) is registered. Such registration further makes it possible to do statistics on incidents in order to support risk analysis and development of “best practice” of responding to or being prepared for emergency situations, or optimally allow prevention or reduction of situations to occur. 
     Such registration of events may be provided using traditional paper forms where all inquiries are registered on paper. To allow later computational data process, the collected data must afterwards be entered into a computer manually. Alternatively, registration may be provided using electronic forms, e.g. placed on computers, tablets or smartphones, or on an online server. However, to fill out such form an operator needs an electronic device, such as a tablet, to fill a various number of pre-specified check boxes, scales, text boxes etc. In both cases a burden is put on the first responder, who needs to spend time and effort in completing and filing such forms. 
     Both of the two systems will typically require, at least, several minutes work for the registration of just one incident. However, for many types of registrations it is typically much more than just minutes that is required for registering just one incident. For example, registration of a broken arm, vomiting, head injury, or drowning incidents at a swimming pool can easily take more than 30 minutes per incident. Similar time consumption could be expected for registrations in sports clubs, e.g. football clubs, horse riding clubs etc. or institutions like kindergartens and schools. 
     Therefore, there is an increased risk that much registration is never done and hence never enters databases from where evidence-based risk analysis may be conducted. 
     Consequently, any risk analysis that is based on such unrepresentative data may lead to inefficient risk management. For example, if none or only a minor proportion of the vomiting incidents in swimming pools are registered it will lead to incorrect risk analysis and furthermore inefficient risk reduction control measures. 
     SUMMARY 
     It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a solution which copes with at least some of the disadvantages of the known solutions for registering emergency situations. Emergency situations may comprise personal injuries, hazards, critical situations, dangers or risk of dangers. Emergency situations may, for example, be a missing person, a person suffering cardiac arrest, a person suffering a concussion, damaged or unstable structures, etc. 
     Thus, the present disclosure relates to a system for registering emergency situations and elements thereof as disclosed in the appended claims. 
     It is an advantage of the disclosure, that a system is provided, which provides for quick, e.g. less than a minute, data collection of emergency situations. Thus, the present disclosure facilitates an enhanced data collection, which may be used for enhanced risk analysis and therefore also much more cost-efficient risk management. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES 
       Embodiments of the disclosure will be described in more detail in the following with regard to the accompanying figures. The figures show one way of implementing the present invention and are not to be construed as being limiting to other possible embodiments falling within the scope of the attached claim set. 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic block diagram illustrating a system. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Various exemplary embodiments and details are described hereinafter, with reference to the figures when relevant. It should be noted that the figures may or may not be drawn to scale and that elements of similar structures or functions are represented by like reference numerals throughout the figures. It should also be noted that the figures are only intended to facilitate the description of the embodiments. They are not intended as an exhaustive description of the invention or as a limitation on the scope of the invention. In addition, an illustrated embodiment needs not have all the aspects or advantages shown. An aspect or an advantage described in conjunction with a particular embodiment is not necessarily limited to that embodiment and can be practiced in any other embodiments even if not so illustrated, or if not so explicitly described. 
       FIG. 1  is a schematic block diagram illustrating a system  2  for registering emergency situations. The system  2  comprises a portable electronic device  10 , an online server  100 , a first booklet  200  and an optional second booklet  300 . The system could further comprise additional booklets, such as a third booklet, a fourth booklet, etc. 
     The booklets  200 ,  300  may be produced on robust and waterproof materials, such as foamed PVC or plastic paper. The booklets  200 ,  300  may be produced in a portable and pocket size format. 
     The portable electronic device  10  may comprise a camera  12 , a processing unit  14 , memory  16  and/or a wireless transceiver  18 . The portable electronic device  10  may be a smart phone or a tablet. 
     The online server  100  is configured to communicate with the portable electronic device  10 . The portable electronic device  10  is configured to communicate with the online server  100 . The communication between the online server  100  and the portable electronic device  10  could be done via wireless communication, such as WIFI or Bluetooth, or a combination of communication protocols. The communication between the online server  100  and the portable electronic device  10  may be provided over the internet. The communication between the online server  100  and the portable electronic device  10  may be effected through a plurality of servers. 
     The first booklet  200  comprises a plurality of pages, e.g. a plurality of first pages  202 ,  204 ,  206 . The plurality of first pages includes a first primary page  204  and a first secondary page  206 . The plurality of first pages may comprise a first main page  202 . The first main page  202  may be a cover page of the first booklet  200 . 
     The second booklet  300  comprises a plurality of pages, e.g. a plurality of second pages  302 ,  304 ,  306 . The plurality of second pages includes a second primary page  304  and a second secondary page  306 . The plurality of second pages may comprise a second main page  302 . The second main page  302  may be a cover page of the second booklet  300 . 
     At least some of the pages, such as at least some of the first pages and/or some of the second pages comprises instructions  404 ,  406  for handling of emergency situation, e.g. the known, to date, best possible handling for a particular emergency situation. For example, the instructions may be standard operating procedures for handling various emergency situations. For example one page may comprise instructions for handling an incident of nose bleeding, another page may comprise instructions for handling an incident of cardiac arrests, and yet another page may comprise instructions for handling damaged or dangerous structures, e.g. a broken railing. The instructions may comprise a primary instruction  404  and/or a secondary instruction  406 . The instructions may comprise further instructions, e.g. including a tertiary instruction. 
     The first booklet  200  and the second booklet  300  may comprise the same instructions, e.g. the primary instruction  404  and the secondary instruction  406  as illustrated. However, the first booklet  200  may comprise one or more instructions that are not present in the second booklet  300  and vice versa. 
     The first primary page  204  comprises instructions  404  for handling a primary emergency situation. The first secondary page  206  comprises instructions  406  for handling a secondary emergency situation. The second primary page  304  comprises the instructions  404  for handling the primary emergency situation. The second secondary page  306  comprises the instructions  406  for handling the secondary emergency situation. 
     The first booklet  200  and/or the second booklet  300  may comprise a plurality of identifiers, such as QR-codes, bar-codes, RFID-tags and/or NFC-tags. The plurality of identifiers may be unique identifiers. The identifiers are configured to be electronically read by the portable electronic device  10 . The identifiers may be indicative of the respective booklet, such as a respective booklet ID, the respective page, such as a respective page ID, and/or a respective emergency situation, such as a situation ID. The pages of each booklet may be provided with unique identifiers by providing individual production files for each booklet for printing. 
     The first booklet  200  comprises a plurality of first identifiers. The first identifiers are configured to be electronically read by the portable electronic device  10 . The plurality of first identifiers includes a first primary identifier  214  provided on the first primary page  204  and a first secondary identifier  216  provided on the first secondary page  206 . The plurality of first identifiers may include a first main identifier  212  provided on the first main page  202 . 
     The second booklet  300  comprises a plurality of second identifiers. The second identifiers are configured to be electronically read by the portable electronic device  10 . The plurality of second identifiers includes a second primary identifier  314  provided on the second primary page  304  and a second secondary identifier  316  provided on the second secondary page  306 . The plurality of second identifiers may include a second main identifier  312  provided on the second main page  302 . 
     The identifiers, such as the plurality of first identifiers and/or the plurality of second identifiers may be optical detectable identification elements, such as QR-codes or bar-codes. Alternatively or additionally, the identifiers, such as the plurality of first identifiers and/or the plurality of second identifiers may be electromagnetic field identification elements, such as RFID-tags or NFC-tags. 
     The identifiers are configured to prompt an identification signal at the portable electronic device  10 . For example, the first primary identifier  214  is configured to prompt a first primary identification signal  224  at the portable electronic device  10 , and the first secondary identifier  216  is configured to prompt a first secondary identification signal  226  at the portable electronic device  10 . The first main identifier  212  may be configured to prompt a first main identification signal  222  at the portable electronic device  10 . Alternatively or additionally, the second primary identifier  314  is configured to prompt a second primary identification signal  324  at the portable electronic device  10 , and the second secondary identifier  316  is configured to prompt a second secondary identification signal  326  at the portable electronic device  10 . The second main identifier  312  may be configured to prompt a second main identification signal  322  at the portable electronic device  10 . 
     The identification signal(s), such as the first primary identification signal  224 , the first secondary identification signal  226 , the first main identification signal  222 , the second primary identification signal  324 , the second secondary identification signal  326 , and/or the second main identification signal  322 , could be complete URI and instruction to open a browser. 
     The identification signal(s), such as the first primary identification signal  224 , the first secondary identification signal  226 , the first main identification signal  222 , the second primary identification signal  324 , the second secondary identification signal  326 , and/or the second main identification signal  322 , may comprise a plurality of identifier components, such as a server address, a first parameter, and/or a second parameter. 
     The first primary identification signal  224  may be distinct from the first secondary identification signal  226 , the first main identification signal  222 , the second primary identification signal  324 , the second secondary identification signal  326  and/or the second main identification signal  322 . The first secondary identification signal  226  may be distinct from the first main identification signal  222 , the second primary identification signal  324 , the second secondary identification signal  326  and/or the second main identification signal  322 . The first main identification signal  222  may be distinct from the second primary identification signal  324 , the second secondary identification signal  326  and/or the second main identification signal  322 . The second primary identification signal  324  may be distinct from the second secondary identification signal  326  and/or the second main identification signal  322 . The second secondary identification signal  326  may be distinct from the second main identification signal  322 . 
     One or more of the identification signals, such as the first primary identification signal  224 , the first secondary identification signal  226 , the first main identification signal  222 , the second primary identification signal  324 , the second secondary identification signal  326 , and/or the second main identification signal  322 , may comprise server information of the online server  100 , e.g. configured to prompt the portable electronic device  10  to contact the online server  100 . For example, the identification signals, or one or more of the identification signals may comprise a web-address to the online server  100 . 
     One or more of the identification signals may comprise server information of the online server  100 , e.g. configured to prompt the portable electronic device  10  to contact the online server and parse to the online server the respective identification parameter. 
     The first primary identification signal  224  may comprise server information of the online server  100  configured to prompt the portable electronic device  10  to contact the online server  100  and parse the first primary identification parameter  234  to the online server  100 . 
     The first secondary identification signal  226  may comprise server information of the online server  100  configured to prompt the portable electronic device  10  to contact the online server  100  and parse the first secondary identification parameter  236  to the online server  100 . 
     The first main identification signal  222  may comprise server information of the online server  100  configured to prompt the portable electronic device  10  to contact the online server  100  and parse the first main identification parameter  232  to the online server  100 . 
     The second primary identification signal  324  may comprise server information of the online server  100  configured to prompt the portable electronic device  10  to contact the online server  100  and parse the second primary identification parameter  334  to the online server  100 . 
     The second secondary identification signal  326  may comprise server information of the online server  100  configured to prompt the portable electronic device  10  to contact the online server  100  and parse the second secondary identification parameter  336  to the online server  100 . 
     The second main identification signal  322  may comprise server information of the online server  100  configured to prompt the portable electronic device  10  to contact the online server  100  and parse the second main identification parameter  332  to the online server  100 . 
     The first identification parameters, such as the first primary identification parameter  234 , the first secondary identification parameter  236 , and/or the first main identification parameter  232  may comprise a first booklet ID, e.g. indicative of the first booklet  200 . The second identification parameters, such as the second primary identification parameter  334 , the second secondary identification parameter  336 , and/or the second main identification parameter  332  may comprise a second booklet ID, e.g. indicative of the second booklet  300 . Thereby, the online server  100  may be notified from which booklet the identifier was registered. 
     The online server  100  may store information about locations of booklets of the system  2 , such as location of the first booklet  200  and/or the second booklet  300 . The location may be geographical coordinates, a defined geographical area, and/or an address. The location of the booklet may be paired with the respective booklet ID at the online server  100 , such as in the server database  102  of the server  100 . For example, the online server  100  may store information about the location of the first booklet  200  paired with the first booklet ID and/or the online server  100  may store information about the location of the second booklet  300  paired with the second booklet ID. Thereby, receiving an identification parameter comprising a booklet ID, the online server  100  may be able to determine the location of the registered identifier, e.g. based on the booklet ID. 
     By using a main identifier, such as the first main identifier or the second main identifier, the user may register the location of respective booklet, e.g. the respective booklet ID, on the server. For example, the first main identification parameter  232  may cause the online server  100  to request  104  from the portable electronic device  10  an input indicative of the location of the first booklet  200 . The second main identification parameter  332  may cause the online server  100  to request  104  from the portable electronic device  10  an input indicative of the location of the second booklet  300 . 
     Alternatively or additionally, the online server  100  may be configured to register the location of the respective booklet the first time identification parameters of a booklet, which is not yet registered, is parsed to the online server. For example, the first primary identification parameter  234  and/or the first secondary identification parameter  236  may, in accordance with the first booklet  200  not being registered with the online server, cause the online server  100  to request  104  from the portable electronic device  10  an input indicative of the location of the first booklet  200 . The second primary identification parameter  334  and/or the second secondary identification parameter  336  may, in accordance with the second booklet  300  not being registered with the online server, cause the online server  100  to request  104  from the portable electronic device  10  an input indicative of the location of the second booklet  300 . 
     The first main identification parameter  232  may, e.g. in accordance with the first booklet  200  already being registered, cause the online server  100  to provide at the portable electronic device  10  a first profile page, e.g. comprising a list of registered emergency situations using the first booklet  200 . Additionally or alternatively, the second main identification parameter  332  may, e.g. in accordance with the second booklet  300  already being registered, cause the online server  100  to provide at the portable electronic device  10  a second profile page, e.g. comprising a list of registered emergency situations using the second booklet  300 . 
     The online server  100  is configured to receive identification parameters from the portable electronic device  10 . The identification parameter may include one or more of a first primary identification parameter  234  of the first primary identification signal  224 , a first secondary identification parameter  236  of the first secondary identification signal  226 , a second primary identification parameter  334  of the second primary identification signal  324 , a second secondary identification parameter  336  of the second secondary identification signal  326 . 
     The online server is further configured to in accordance with receiving the first primary identification parameter  234 , registering an event in a server database  102  of an occurrence of the primary emergency situation  404  at a first location based on the first primary identification parameter  234 , wherein the first location corresponds to a location of the first booklet  200 . 
     The online server is further configured to in accordance with receiving the first secondary identification parameter  236 , registering an event in the server database  102  of an occurrence of the secondary emergency situation  406  at the first location based on the first secondary identification parameter  236 . 
     The online server may further be configured to in accordance with receiving the second primary identification parameter  334 , registering an event in the server database  102  of an occurrence of the primary emergency situation  404  at a second location based on the second primary identification parameter  334 , wherein the second location corresponds to a location of the second booklet  300 . 
     The online server may further be configured to in accordance with receiving the second secondary identification parameter  336 , registering an event in the server database  102  of an occurrence of the secondary emergency situation  406  at the second location based on the second secondary identification parameter  336 . 
     The online server may store information about emergency situations paired with respective identification parameters. For example, the online server may store information about the primary emergency situation paired with primary identification parameters, e.g. including the first primary identification parameter  234  and/or the second primary identification parameter  334 . Alternatively or additionally, the online server may store information about the secondary emergency situation paired with secondary identification parameters, e.g. including the first secondary identification parameter  236  and/or the second secondary identification parameter. Thereby, the online server  100  may determine the subject of the information on the page of which the identifier was registered. 
     For example, the primary identification parameters, such as the first primary identification parameter  234  and/or the second primary identification parameter  334  may comprise a primary situation ID indicative of the primary emergency situation. Alternatively or additionally, the secondary identification parameters, such as the first secondary identification parameter  236  and/or the second secondary identification parameter  336  may comprise a secondary situation 
     ID indicative of the secondary emergency situation. The online server  10  may be configured to determine the respective emergency situation based on the situation ID of the received identification parameter. 
     Alternatively or additionally, the first primary identification parameter  234  may comprise a first primary page ID indicative of the first primary page  204 , the first secondary identification parameter  236  may comprise a first secondary page ID indicative of the first secondary page  206 , the second primary identification parameter  334  may comprise a second primary page ID indicative of the second primary page  304 , and/or the second secondary identification parameter  336  may comprise a second secondary page ID indicative of the second secondary page  306 . The online server  10  may be configured to determine the respective emergency situation based on the page ID and the booklet ID of the received identification parameter. 
     The online server  100  may be further configured to, following registering an event in the server database, providing via the portable electronic device  10  an input option for supplementing the registered event with additional information, such as, photo(s), free text, description, comments, etc. 
     The online server  100  may be further configured to, following registering an event in the server database, providing via the portable electronic device  10  a summary of the registered event and optionally a user input element for verifying or denying correctness of the summary. The online server  100  may be further configured to: upon receipt of a signal from the portable electronic device  10  indicative of the user verifying correctness of the summary, storing the registered event in the server database; and upon receipt of a signal from the portable electronic device  10  indicative of the user denying correctness of the summary, deleting the registered event from the server database. 
     Thus, with the above described system  2 , a first responder responds to a primary emergency situation. In doing so, the first responder brings the first booklet  200 . In handling the situation, the first responder looks up the first primary page  204  comprising instructions for handling a primary emergency situation  404 . After having dealt with the primary emergency situation  404 , the first responder retrieves his portable electronic device  10 , activates the camera  12  and scans the first primary identifier  214  being provided on the first primary page  204 . 
     The first primary identifier  214  prompts the first primary identification signal  224  at the portable electronic device  10 , causing the portable electronic device  10  to open a webpage for the online server  100 . The online server  100 , e.g. by the opening of the webpage by the portable electronic device  10 , receives first primary identification parameter  234  of the first primary identification signal  224 , which comprise information indicative of the primary emergency situation, e.g. nosebleed, broken arm, etc. as well as the registered location of the first booklet  200 . 
     The online server  100  thereby registers an event in the server database  102  of an occurrence of the primary emergency situation at the first location corresponding to the location of the first booklet  200 . The necessary information is thereby stored in the server database  102  in a fast and convenient way. 
     The opened web page may further provide an optional possibility for the first responder to add pictures and/or supplemental text, which may be submitted by pressing a submit button. 
     The invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment. However, the scope of the invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiment, and alterations and modifications can be carried out without deviating from the scope of the invention. 
     Throughout the description, the use of the terms “first”, “second”, “third”, “fourth”, “primary”, “secondary”, “tertiary” etc. does not imply any particular order or importance but are included to identify individual elements. Furthermore, the labelling of a “first” element does not imply the presence of a “second” element and vice versa. 
     LIST OF REFERENCES 
     
         
           2  system 
           10  portable electronic device 
           12  camera 
           14  processing unit 
           16  memory 
           100  online server 
           102  server database 
           104  request 
           200  first booklet 
           202  first main page 
           204  first primary page 
           206  first secondary page 
           212  first main identifier 
           214  first primary identifier 
           216  first secondary identifier 
           222  first main identification signal 
           224  first primary identification signal 
           226  first secondary identification signal 
           232  first main identification parameter 
           234  first primary identification parameter 
           236  first secondary identification parameter 
           300  second booklet 
           302  second main page 
           304  second primary page 
           306  second secondary page 
           312  second main identifier 
           314  second primary identifier 
           316  second secondary identifier 
           322  second main identification signal 
           324  second primary identification signal 
           326  second secondary identification signal 
           332  second main identification parameter 
           334  second primary identification parameter 
           336  second secondary identification parameter 
           404  instructions for handling a primary emergency situation 
           406  instructions for handling a secondary emergency situation