Kam Fung

Paramedics are often in situations where a snap judgement means the difference between life and death for their patient and paramedics must rely on their own memory to recall treatments. They must also remember the events in a call and details like vital signs for their call report form. Most paramedic services use paper forms, however many services are moving towards electronic forms which provides an opportunity to integrate novel functionality into the new equipment.

This project adds voice recognition, a heads-up display, a small digital camera, and wireless communications to a PDA to save paramedics time and support decision making. Voice recognition allows the paramedic to record events while their hands are busy treating a patient. This real-time event recording allows the computer to determine drug dosages and drug intervals. Information is displayed on a head mounted display, including vital signs from a wireless link to the defibrillator.

e-mail: kfung@connect.carleton.ca