Trauma scene monitoring system
A trauma scene monitoring system includes a medic-worn illumination device, a casualty-worn informatics system, and a remote monitoring station. The illumination device includes a frame with boom-mounted light sources positioned below the wearer's eyes near the zygomatic bones, thus orienting the light sources to project light in the direction of the wearer's view. Also included are audio/video means to capture audio/video information from a scene attended by the medic, and a telemetry unit to transmit that information to the remote monitoring station. The casualty-worn informatics system is integrated within a headband worn by a monitored individual. The informatics system includes sensors to provide the monitored individual's vital statistics and a telemetry unit to transmit data concerning the monitored individual to the remote monitoring station. At the remote monitoring station, receiving and presentation stations provide views of the data concerning the monitored individual and audio/video data from the medic-worn illumination device.
1. A trauma scene monitoring system, comprising:
a medic-worn illumination device having a frame with one or more booms configured to position one or more light sources of the illumination device below a wearer's eyes near the wearer's zygomatic bones when the illumination device is worn on the wearer's head and to orient said light sources to project light in a direction of the wearer's view, audio/video means to capture audio/video data from a scene attended by the wearer, and a telemetry unit to a remote monitoring station;
a casualty-worn informatics system integrated within a band configured to be worn by a monitored individual, the informatics system including one or more sensors to provide the monitored individual's vital statistics and a telemetry unit configured to transmit data concerning said monitored individual's vital statistics to the remote monitoring station; and
the remote monitoring station having one or more receiving and presentation stations configured to receive and display the data concerning said monitored individual's vital statistics from the casualty-worn informatics system and the audio/video data from the medic-worn illumination device.
2. The trauma scene monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more light sources of the medic-worn illumination device comprise light emitting diodes (LEDs) included in respective panels swivelly mounted to the one or more booms, and the audio/video means includes a video camera integrated in one of the panels.
3. The trauma scene monitoring system of claim 2 , wherein the audio/video means of the medic-worn illumination device further includes one or both of a microphone and an earpiece.
4. The trauma scene monitoring system of claim 2 , wherein the audio/video means of the medic-worn illumination device further includes bone conduction transducers for transmission and/or reception of audio signals.
5. The trauma scene monitoring system of claim 2 , wherein the audio/video means of the medic-worn illumination device further includes a projector integrated in one of the panels.
6. The trauma scene monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the casualty-worn informatics system is integrated within a helmet retention system having a dial tensioning mechanism and which is adapted to be removably secured to a helmet.
7. The informatics system of claim 3 , wherein the sensors of the casualty-worn informatics system include one or more sensor pads configured to contact the monitored individual at one or more points on the monitored individual's body, the sensor pads coupled to provide electrical signal inputs to a processor of the casualty-worn informatics system, which processor is configured to sample the signals from the sensor pads periodically and to transmit a record of the sampled signals to the remote monitoring station via the telemetry unit of the casualty-worn informatics system.
8. The informatics system of claim 7 , wherein said processor of the casualty-worn informatics system is further configured to store a record of the sampled signals from the sensor pads in a writable memory of the casualty-worn informatics system, and the casualty-worn informatics system is further configured with an indicator to display a condition of the monitored individual's vital statistics.
9. A method, comprising:
illuminating a scene using one or more light sources of an illumination device worn on a person attending a scene, the one or more light sources positioned on respective panels swivelly mounted to one or more booms of the illumination device and below the person's eyes near the person's zygomatic bones such that the scene is illuminated from a perspective and direction of the person's view of the scene;
transmitting from a telemetry unit of the illumination device audio/video data captured by audio/video means of the illumination device, the transmitted audio/video data associated with a unique identifier of the illumination device;
transmitting by a telemetry unit of a casualty-worn informatics system integrated within a band worn by a monitored individual at the scene data concerning said monitored individual's vital statistics captured by one or more sensors of the casualty-worn informatics system; and
receiving and displaying at a remote monitoring station having one or more receiving and presentation stations configured the data concerning said monitored individual's vital statistics from the casualty-worn informatics system and the audio/video data from the medic-worn illumination device.
10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising transmitting information from the remote monitoring station to the illumination device and presenting the information on a screen of the illumination device for view by the person.