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SAN ANTONIO, TX. — Being involved in a traffic accident is nobody’s idea of fun, but if it has to happen, your best chances may be in San Antonio. That’s because the Texas city is home to a bleeding-edge marriage of communications and public safety technologies that could make it one of the world’s most advanced centers for trauma care.
Through a project called LifeLink, the city is experimenting with a combination of wireless and fiber-optic links to give emergency room doctors at a hospital a look at a patient in an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) ambulance.
The ER team previously was dependent on a paramedic to describe a patient’s condition and symptoms en route to the hospital, but LifeLink gives doctors the opportunity to see the patient for themselves and get simultaneous readouts of vital statistical data.
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