lost person finder a project of the bethesda hospitals’ emergency preparedness partnership (bhepp)
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Lost Person Finder a project of the Bethesda Hospitals’ Emergency Preparedness Partnership (BHEPP). Presentation at Health Stat 2.0 May 20, 2010 Dr. Glenn Pearson Software Developer, Aquilent , Inc. At the Communications Engineering Branch - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Lost Person Findera project of the Bethesda Hospitals’ Emergency
Preparedness Partnership (BHEPP)
National Library of Medicine/NIH/HHS, a partner in BHEPP
Presentation at Health Stat 2.0May 20, 2010
Dr. Glenn PearsonSoftware Developer, Aquilent, Inc.
At the Communications Engineering BranchLister Hill National Center for Biomedical
Communications
National Library of Medicine
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Lost Person Finder (LPF)
Disaster occurs with mass casualties
Injured are triaged
Staff/volunteers capture text & photos of victims – initial & updates
Purpose: To address a surge of lost persons in a local disaster, by developing a prototype system to enter, search for, and display their descriptions and pictures.
Public search & entry of photos & descriptions via LPF web site,
mobile email
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LPF Database (MySQL),Web server,
Image file storage,Email interface
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Notification and status by wall displays, email, web, etc.
Includes statistics for disaster management/awareness
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“Alpha” LPF components were first fielded, successfully, during the Collaborative Multi-agency Exercise (CMAX ’09) last October.
LPF at Suburban Hospital during CMAX ’09
At the Primary Triage Station at Hospital Perimeter
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LPF at Suburban Hospital during CMAX ’09
Within the Hospital
Several “Notification Wall” display sites
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Web site reporting & search – e.g., on hospital’s Computer on Wheels (COW)
1st prototype mobile web site search on iPod Touch
LPF at National Naval Medical Center during CMAX ‘09
Ricoh camera & TriagePic manned by social workers near ER entrance
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Several “Notification Wall” displays, stations to use LPF web site for report/search
Person Finder: Haiti Earthquake
PFIF Data Exchange
Found in Haiti(now: ReUnite) iPhone App
(Planned: Web form for
other smartphones
)
Interactive Notification Wall
LPF database
& services
Haiti Earthquake Person LocatorHEPL.nlm.nih.gov
Interactive Notification Wall – HEPL’s Main Page
Haiti Earthquake Person Locator
