A remotely piloted aircraft system in major incident management: Concept and pilot, feasibility study

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Abrahamsen, Håkon B ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Norway)

^b STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Avalanche; Human factors; Major incident; Pre hospital; Remotely piloted aircraft system; Situation assessment; Telemedicine; Unmanned aerial vehicle

Indexed keywords

ICE;

ACCIDENT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; AVALANCHE; CAMERA; DARKNESS; DISASTER VICTIM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER; MAJOR INCIDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; REMOTE SENSING; REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM; RESCUE PERSONNEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WIND; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; MASS DISASTER; PROCEDURES; RESCUE WORK; ROBOTICS; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AIRCRAFT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; RESCUE WORK; ROBOTICS; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84931062154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12873-015-0036-3     Document Type: Article

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