An intelligent ecosystem for providing support in prehospital trauma care in Cuenca–Ecuador

Abstract

According to given facts by the World Health Organization, 1 in 10 deaths worldwide is due to an external cause of injury. In the field of prehospital trauma care, adequate and timely treatment in the golden period can define survival of a patient. The aim of this paper is to show the design of a complete ecosystem proposed to support the evaluation treatment of trauma victims, using standard tools and vocabulary as OpenEHR, mobile systems and expert systems to support decision-making. Preliminary results of the developed applications are presented, as well as trauma related data. (city of Cuenca - Ecuador)