1- massachusetts instituteof technology（1 -马萨诸塞州技术协会）.docVIP

1. TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS A. Statement of Work A.1 Abstract Communications constitute the weakest link in most disaster responses, in particular, immediate tracking of victims. Disasters are best managed not with novel equipment and approaches but with scaled-up use of the equipment and emergency routines already known to emergency medical services. We propose to combine existing and new technologies to develop SMART: Scalable Medical Alert and Response Technology, a system for patient tracking and monitoring that begins at the emergency site and continues seamlessly through transport, triag