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Skyaid Watch with 911 of Skycar response.
updated 10/12/02Subscribers would wear their Skyaid Watch like a normal wristwatch.
Operation:
1) If the heart rate goes to zero, or the panic button is pushed, the Skyaid Watch would use GPS to determine subscriber’s position,
2) Watch sends a request for 911 help to an existing radio network.
3) This request is forwarded to a Skyaid Watch translator, which determines which 911 dispatcher to call.
4) The communications from translator to the 911 dispatcher can be electronic or voice.
5) Dispatcher acknowledges request and dispatches the appropriate vehicle (if request indicated a zero pulse rate, a vehicle with automatic defibrillator should be sent)
6) 911 emergence medical team arrives at the Skyaid Watch subscriber.
Project has low risk:
A) Only two items need to be developed: Skyaid Watch and Translator.
B) Watches have been prototyped or sold which receive GPS signals, monitor pulse rate, and transmit e-mail messages
C) The Skyaid Watch translator is easily created. The translator can be in each urban area or there could be a single reliable translator for the entire US.
Features:
1) This Skyaid Watch system will save lives in locations with existing 911 services. It will particularly be useful for the 40% of sudden cardiac arrests that occur when the victim is alone – and usually dies because no one is aware that 911 should be called.
2) This is a good milestone on the way to having a Skycar and Skyaid Watch system, which will also fly patients to appropriate critical care centers, etc.
3) This Skyaid Watch system probably does not require any approval by FCC, FAA, FDA, etc.
4) The ground-based vehicle response system can be implemented quickly – perhaps saving lives in some US cities by 2003.
5) Additional cities can be added fairly easily. If a national translator can serve the nation, not much work would be needed to communicate to additional 911 dispatchers.
Negative Features:
1) Will not be as useful in areas with slow 911, 911 without defibrillators, or no 911
2) Defibrillator systems obtained by 911 systems for this Skyaid phase would not be as needed when the Skycar is later able to quickly deliver defibrillators.
3) The cost to subscribe to this life-saving system appears in the range of $1 to $2 per day. Some of this cost might be paid by employers or by decrease in life insurance premiums. It might also be payed for by taxes - approximately $2 per year.
Skyaid Watch alone - 3X improvement to
typical 911 8/25/00
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