Method for operating a tele-emergency physician system and tele-emergency physician system
A method for operating a tele-emergency physician system that includes integrating a WLAN-capable ECG device into a first WLAN network provided by a portable router, and providing first aid to an accident victim outside a vehicle. Vital data of the accident victim is transmitted by the portable router from the first WLAN network via a mobile wireless network to a server. The method includes moving the accident victim after the first aid to the and into the vehicle and at the same time switching over the portable router, controlled by a trigger, from its router operation to repeater operation. The portable router connects itself as a repeater to a second WLAN network. Vital data is forwarded by the mobile router via a mobile wireless network to the server, so that vital data acquired by the ECG device are provided in a continuous data stream at the terminal.
1 . A method for operating a tele-emergency physician system, the tele-emergency physician system comprises:
a mobile router arranged in a vehicle,
a portable router used remotely from the vehicle in a router operating mode,
a server, and
a terminal, connected to the server,
the method comprises:
integrating a WLAN-capable ECG device into a first WLAN network provided by the portable router;
providing first aid to an accident victim outside the vehicle, wherein vital data of the accident victim acquired by the ECG device is transmitted by the portable router in the router operating mode from the first WLAN network via a mobile wireless network, into which the portable router is integrated, to the server, to provide these data at the terminal;
moving the accident victim after the first aid to the vehicle and into the vehicle and, at the same time, switching over the portable router, controlled by a trigger, from the router operating mode to a repeater operating mode, wherein the portable router in the repeater operating mode connects itself as a repeater to a second WLAN network provided by the mobile router; and
forwarding the vital data acquired by the ECG device by the portable router in the repeater operating mode from the first WLAN network of the portable router via the second WLAN network of the mobile router to the mobile router and forwarding the vital data by the mobile router via the mobile wireless network via an existing radio link to the server, so that vital data acquired by the ECG device is provided in a continuous data stream at the terminal.
2 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein forwarding the vital data by the mobile router via the mobile wireless network via the existing radio link to the server includes connecting the portable router, via the mobile router and the mobile wireless network, to the server, and wherein the portable router is connected to the server before the portable router ends the router operating mode.
3 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the trigger initiates the switching over at earliest when a stable WLAN connection is established between the portable router and the mobile router.
4 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the trigger initiates the switching over when active transmission of vital data by the portable router via the mobile router and the mobile wireless network to the server already takes place.
5 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the trigger initiates the switching over when a corresponding command of the server is also sent to the portable router, and wherein the corresponding command is executed when at least one other switchover procedure has taken place.
6 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the trigger initiates the switching over when a communication connection is also established between the vehicle and the portable router, wherein the communication connection is established by short-range communication modules.
7 . A tele-emergency physician system comprising:
a mobile router positioned within a vehicle,
a portable router used remotely from the vehicle in a first operating mode,
an ECG device that acquires vital data and is wirelessly connected to the portable router,
a server in operative communication with the mobile router,
a terminal in operative communication with the server, and
a trigger in operative communication with the portable router,
wherein the portable router operates in the first operating mode, the first operating mode includes a router operation such that a first connection to the server is established via a first WLAN network provided by the portable router and a mobile wireless network, so that the vital data acquired by the ECG device is retrievable as a continuous data stream at the terminal via the first connection,
wherein the portable router operates in a second operating mode, the second operating mode including a repeater operation such that a second connection to the server is established via a second WLAN network of the mobile router and the mobile wireless network, so that the vital data acquired by the ECG device is retrievable as a continuous data stream at the terminal via the second connection, and
wherein the trigger switches over the portable router from the first operating mode into the second operating mode, and wherein the switching over takes place depending on at least one signal received and/or measured value acquired by the trigger.
8 . The tele-emergency physician system as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the portable router operates in the first operating mode and the second operating mode during the switching over for uninterrupted transfer of the continuous data stream.
9 . The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the at least one other switchover procedure comprises automatically switching over a body camera to a vehicle camera.
10 . The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the short-range communication modules comprise Bluetooth low-power modules.
11 . The tele-emergency system as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the ECG device connects to either the first WLAN network or the second WLAN network based on the at least one signal received and/or measured value acquired by the trigger.
12 . A tele-emergency physician system comprising:
a first router used remotely from a vehicle, the first router operates in a first operating mode to provide a first WLAN network;
a second router used within the vehicle, the second router provides a second WLAN network;
an ECG device that acquires patient vital data, wherein the ECG device is integrated into the first WLAN network created by the first router;
a trigger that switches the first router from the first operating mode to a second operating mode, wherein, when the first router operates in the second operating mode, the first router connects to the second WLAN network provided by the second router, and wherein the first router transmits the patient vital data from the first WLAN network to the second WLAN network;
a server that receives the patient vital data from one of:
the first WLAN network provided by the first router, or
the second WLAN network provided by the second router; and
a terminal in operative communication with the server, wherein the terminal receives the patient vital data from the server.
13 . The tele-emergency physician system of claim 12 , wherein the first operating mode is a router operating mode and wherein the second operating mode is a repeater operating mode.
14 . The tele-emergency physician system of claim 12 , wherein the trigger switches the first router from the first operating mode to the second operating mode based on at least one event-dependent signal obtained by the trigger.
15 . The tele-emergency physician system of claim 12 , wherein the trigger switches the first router from the first operating mode to the second operating mode when the first router is moved to a location inside of the vehicle.
16 . The tele-emergency physician system of claim 15 , wherein the first router, in the second operating mode, connects itself as a repeater to the second WLAN network.
17 . The tele-emergency physician system of claim 12 , wherein the trigger initiates switching the first router from the first operating mode to the second operating mode when a communication connection is established between the vehicle and the first router.
18 . The tele-emergency physician system of claim 12 , wherein the patient vital data is transmitted from the server to the terminal via a mobile wireless network.
19 . The tele-emergency physician system of claim 18 , wherein the mobile wireless network includes an existing radio link between the server and the terminal.
20 . The tele-emergency physician system of claim 19 , wherein the terminal is located remote from the vehicle.