EMuRgency – A Basic Concept for an AI Driven Volunteer Notification System for Integrating Laypersons into Emergency Medical Services
Jesko Elsner, Philipp Meisen, Sebastian Thelén, Daniel Schilberg, Sabina Jeschke · 2013
Abstract—In case of Sudden Cardiac Arrest, an untreated time interval of only a few minutes usually means the victims’ death. Due to a variety of parameters, e.g., the current traffic situation and the mere traveling distance, emergency medical services often arrive too late in order to procure efficient cardiopulmonary. Given this premise, it is necessary to find alternative ways for providing immediate first aid measures. One promising approach is the implementation of a Volunteer Notification System (VNS) – integrating laypersons and medically trained volunteers into the professional medical services by notifying those potential helpers who are, at the time of incident, close to the victim. By tracking the users’ location, the system is able to notify those volunteers who can arrive on scene fast enough to provide the urgently needed measures. In September 2011, the European research project