An emergency medical communications system by low altitude platform at the early stages of a natural disaster in Indonesia

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-52

  Qiantori, Andri ^a,b   Sutiono, Agung Budi ^a,c   Hariyanto, Hadi ^b   Suwa, Hirohiko ^a   Ohta, Toshizumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk   (Indonesia)

^c Hasan Sadikin Hospital   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Balloon; Disaster; Emergency medical communication system; Low Altitude Platform (LAP); Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INDONESIA; LOW ALTITUDE PLATFORM; NATURAL DISASTER; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; ALTITUDE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER SECURITY; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TELEMEDICINE; TSUNAMI;

ALTITUDE; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER SECURITY; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INDONESIA; TELEMEDICINE; TSUNAMIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84860259458     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-010-9444-9     Document Type: Article

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