Ambulance services and GPS posted by: Sanjeev Walia

Number of views: the time required for the response to a request to 102 request 175 view (s) for urgent medical assistance and emergency medical services, can make the difference between life and death. • to get to the point of despair as quickly as possible, which must be ambulance crew know exactly where they are needed and the fastest way and way / route there. • must they, the shortest and the least congested route and the nearest hospital, who know the location of the patient's needs.

A technique in our increasingly wired world of the 21st century, which allows us to these challenges is GPS. A GPS-enabled device built into an ambulance can on the ambulance driver and crew not only directed by the place where the stress call been made, but would identify also the shortest route to their destination.

The next medical facilities available for the patient to recognize a costumed GPS device with the correct uploaded data. In addition, it can advice the ambulance crew with the detailed functions of various hospitals and clinics, allowing them to choose medical facility, from the appropriate services for the patient.

Ways in which GPS advantageous for emergency services can be, is fleet management. A full-featured GPS system can provide a minute by minute update the location of each ambulance back to the base or the control center. This enables better monitoring of the fleet, and makes it possible to keep every ambulance in the area a close watch on. With the help of GPS, which the caller informed the Centre with the progress of the ambulance to can help most people stress situation find scary in when ever an emergency call is made.

Slowly but steadily the number of GPS enabled ambulance in India grows. It is regrettable that enormous costs for the full adoption of GPS by ambulance acts to slow down the overall application of GPS in this area of services. Are still on local level steps is taking to integrate GPS technology in our ambulance fleets.

The Red Cross Health Department in Panchkula district updated it with 18 fleet GPS ambulance activated in November 2009. The same happened in Nagpur with 30 ambulances in May 2009 by the NMC. • the Bihar Government initiated in June 2009 to just a few examples to give a pilot project with 10 ambulances. Although progress is being made, yet not the majority of our ambulances GPS on board, especially in small towns and rural India.

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