Ambulance transport times can be a matter of life and death. Overcrowding problems in emergency rooms add to the time patients must wait before receiving care. RECAS aims to create a pre-hospital vehicle in which patient diagnosis and both minor and time-sensitive surgeries are performed on-scene, preceding transport to a hospital. Information was gathered from case studies on survival rates and response times relating to trauma injuries; interviewing EMTs and hospital personnel; and researching medical equipment and devices, personnel, and procedures to treat patients with time-sensitive injuries. Analysis of this data resulted in the design of a new, mobile critical care ambulance that intends to improve the overall quality of care in the pre-hospital environment, saving lives overall.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Powell, Alexandria Nicole
• Aguiar, Paul J.
• Tupper, Jacquelyn Eireann
• Clift, Cassandra L.

Subject

• Security
• Health
• Computing
• Well-Being

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-060112-143036

Keyword

• Medical care

Advisor

• Fofana, Mustapha S.

Year

• 2012

Date created

• 2012-06-01

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright