How could devices help?

[Clint Heyer <clint_heyer@yahoo.com>]

Hello,
  My name is Clint Heyer, and I am a third year student in Information 
Environments at the University of Queensland, Australia.  We are doing a 
research assignment focused on air medical services, and how we could 
design a device or system that could help the care providers (and 
ultimately, the patients).

(Note: our particular emphasis has been on Australia's Royal Flying Doctor 
Service)

Some of the ideas that have been  put forward have been:-
  - remote medical records access/modification etc.
  - in-flight (and remote site) access to medical literature and information
  - Remote vital signs monitoring
  - A system where the air medical staff can communicate to the base 
stations with a high degree of accuracy to exchange flight information, 
schedules etc.
  - A system for supporting more accurate triage

I was querying this list to see if any of the active participants in the 
air medical field could validate these ideas as something that be useful to 
them, or if there is a 'wish list' - something that would make your job 
easier and provide better care for patients.

Our background is more of software/interface/small-scale-device design 
rather than mechanical engineering.

many thanks,
  .clint


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