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MentorMe platform offers new possibilities to track down a child that has got lost or a person who urgently needs help. MentorMe also provides emergency staff with all the information they need to be able to take prompt and effective action. |
More safety in stadiums
Mainly active in the area of safety, CEFRIEL has developed a platform that makes it possible to monitor a number of persons who are "at risk" and assist them quickly and effectively.
The new platform, known as MentorMe, is presented at the XX Olympic Winter Games Torino 2006. MentorMe will fit emergency staff requirements in events where big crowds in public places are to be expected.
Persons at risk at major public events
The overcrowding typical of major public events, whether a football match or a concert at a stadium, may cause potential risks for the persons who are most vulnerable such as children, the handicapped, or those with disabling pathologies.
In crowds may also be more difficult to get help and to obtain adequate assistance on time.
For this reason, the staff on emergency duty would benefit from a technology that enabled them to identify and exactly locate certain persons, monitor all their movements and, in the event of necessity, supply all the information needed in taking rapid and effective action.
CEFRIEL's MentorMe platform means better first-aid
CEFRIEL has developed, in collaboration with Eximia an Italian company who is a leader in RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and UWB (Ultra Wide Band) applications, the innovative MentorMe platform which makes it possible to identify, within a given space (a stadium, a square, etc.) the position of a specific person.
The person at risk (who may be a child, a handicapped person, or a personage of public notoriety - just to give a few examples) may be provided with a small RFID-UWB sensor: this will allow, throughout the duration of the event, to pinpoint where he/she is with a precision of centimetres.
Should the need arise, this person can activate a call for help merely by pressing the button located on the sensor with which he/she is equipped.
The request for help is gathered by an enhanced service platform, which can calculate the exact position of the spectator who activated the alarm, and retrieve his/her case history and all other pertinent data.
All this information is processed and quickly transmitted to the staff on duty nearest to the person who sent out the help call.
Information sent provides also precise directions on how to reach the person at risk.
The platform can automatically present emergency staff with all the relevant information, in either text, graphic or audio format, suitably adapted to the terminals they have at their disposal (mobile, PDA, portable receiving radio set, .).
The platform can also be inquired by the emergency staff in the event of additional specific information's being required and set up video communication with the medical specialist or expert.
The exchange of multimedia information between the service centre and the emergency staff is demonstrated using the latest generation of Samsung smartphones.
In a further development of the project, which is also presented at the XX Olympic Winter Games, the platform has been integrated with Panasonic video cameras that, piloted by the software, are able to frame the person to be assisted, thus facilitating emergency staff intervention and providing a clearer picture of the situation.
Timely action, lightning response, effectiveness
Every minute might be vital during an emergency, but now first aid will be more efficient. Here's how.
A girl who is a cardiac case is watching the hockey final inside the ice stadium.
She has with her a sensor that, thanks to the rfid-uwb technology, enables emergency staff to monitor her exact position, picking her up in real time on a 3d map of the stadium.
Suddenly she feels ill. All she needs to call for help is press the button on the sensor she has with her.
The alarm has been given: on the map of the stadium we see the patient's position highlighted: the girl is in seat 35 in section B4.
Her position, data and clinical record are transmitted in real time to the staff. The closed-circuit cameras of the stadium frame her automatically. and lastly the rescuers are guided by a voice synthesized by the computer towards her position and first aid guides.
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