Significant acceleration of emergency response using smartphone geolocation data and a worldwide emergency call support system.

When patients are disorientated or experience language barriers, it is impossible to activate the emergency response system. In these cases, the delay for receiving appropriate help can extend to several hours.A worldwide emergency call support system (ECSS), including geolocation of modern smartpho...

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Main Authors: Michael Weinlich, Peter Kurz, Melissa B Blau, Felix Walcher, Stefan Piatek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5965832?pdf=render