School of Computing Science and Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, India
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• Node 0 is the nurse peer group within the ambulance.
• Node 1 is a peer group within which there are three other groups and they are as follows: 1.1 is the peer group of doctors working in the hospital1.2 is a group of specialized doctors for the purpose of emergency consultation1.3 is a peer group of nurses for assistance who may called to the required hospital as and when needed.
• Node 2 is a peer group of blood banks.
• Node 3 is a peer group of a list of relatives retrieved from the Hospital community cloud.
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Input | Patient identification number |
Output | Patient health history |
Procedure | 1. Send_patient_id () // to the Hospital community cloud like SSN. 2. Get_patient_history () // patient basic history from cloud controller. 3. Find the hospital where the patient has to be taken with help of a GPRS-enabled ambulance vehicle. |
Input | Patient image (captured by movable camera) |
Output | First aid messages |
Procedure | 1. Send_patient_image () // to Node 1. 2. Send_bloodUnits_required () Node 1 sends information to Node 2 peer group if blood is required. 3. Get_Firstaid_Messages () // Node 1. 4. Nurse treats the patient as per the first aid messages. |
Input | Patient identification number |
Output | Patient immediate relative list |
Procedure | 1. Send_patient_IdentificationNumber () // Node 0 sends to the cloud controller. 2. Get_Relative_List () // Cloud controller sends to Node 0. 3. On receiving list of relatives, Node 0 sends to Node 3 which in turn sends accident message to relative list. |
SI. No. | Details | Performance | |
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During FY 2012-2013 | From Sep 15, 2008 to Jun 24, 2012 | ||
1 | Number of Districts covered under 108 Services | 32 | |
2 | Total no. of Vehicles on road | 470 | |
3 | Total Number of Medical Emergency Calls | 160,745 | 1,856,454 |
4 | Total Number of Beneficiaries | 129,034 | 1,512,877 |
5 | Total Number of Pregnant Mothers transported | 35,844 | 403,544 |
6 | Total Number of Trauma cases transported | 37,020 | 453,131 |
7 | Total Number of beneficiaries under Neonatal Emergency Ambulance care | 474 | 1194 |
8 | Total No. of Inter Facility Transfer cases transferred among Govt. Hospitals | 31,363 | 228,414 |
9 | Critical lives saved | 6430 | 62,834 |
10 | Number of cases lifted by an imbalance In a day | 3.25 | 3.25 |
Years | 2008–2009 | 2009–2010 | 2010–2011 | 2011–2012 | 2012–2013 |
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Allocation in crores | 29.29 | 55.13 | 90.24 | 94.6 | 106.5 |
FY = Fiscal year.