Telehealth Technologies and Applications for Terrorism Response: A Report of the 2002 Coastal North Carolina Domestic Preparedness Training Exercise

ECU Author/Contributor (non-ECU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)

Adrian Blanarovich (Creator)

Matthew Carbone (Creator)

Timothy A. Murphy (Creator)

David A. Rosenthal (Creator)

Scott C. Simmons (Creator)

Florence T. Workman (Creator)

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East Carolina University (ECU )

Web Site: http://www.ecu.edu/lib/

Abstract: Effective response to natural or man-made disasters (i.e. terrorism) is predicated on the ability to communicate among the many organizations involved. Disaster response exercises enable disaster planners and responders to test procedures and technologies and incorporate the lessons learned from past disasters or exercises. On May 31 and June 1 2002 one such exercise event took place at the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base in Jacksonville North Carolina. During the exercise East Carolina University tested: (1) in-place Telehealth networks and (2) rapidly deployable communications networking and data collection technologies such as satellite communications local wireless networking on-scene video and clinical and environmental data acquisition and telemetry. Exercise participants included local county state and military emergency medical services (EMS) emergency management specialized response units and local fire and police units. The technologies and operations concepts tested at the exercise and recommendations for using telehealth to improve disaster response are described. Originally published Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Vol. 10 No. 2 Mar-Apr 2003

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Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 10:2(March-April 2003) p. 166-176.

Language: English

Date: 2011

Keywords

disaster response, telehealth, emergency medical services

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