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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2023

Clinical application of a body area network-based smart bracelet for pre-hospital trauma care.

Wei Han, Jin-Yang Yuan, Rui Li, Le Yang, Jia-Qin Fang, Hao-Jun Fan, Shi-Ke Hou

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Special care services delivery at disaster scenes: a systematic review.International journal of emergency medicine · 2025
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Wei HanInstitute of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
Jin-Yang YuanEmergency Department of Shenzhen University General Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Rui LiEmergency Department of Shenzhen University General Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Le YangEmergency Department of Shenzhen University General Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Jia-Qin FangSchool of Microelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Hao-Jun FanInstitute of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
Shi-Ke HouInstitute of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to explore the efficiency and effectiveness of a body area network-based smart bracelet for trauma care prior to hospitalization. Methods: To test the efficacy of the bracelet, an observational cohort study was conducted on the clinical data of 140 trauma patients pre-admission to the hospital. This study was divided into an experimental group receiving smart bracelets and a control group receiving conventional treatment. Both groups were randomized using a random number table. The primary variables of this study were as follows: time to first administration of life-saving intervention, time to first administration of blood transfusion, time to first administration of hemostatic drugs, and mortality rates within 24 h and 28 days post-admission to the hospital. The secondary outcomes included the amount of time before trauma team activation and the overall length of patient stay in the emergency room. Results: The measurement results for both the emergency smart bracelet as well as traditional equipment showed high levels of consistency and accuracy. In terms of pre-hospital emergency life-saving intervention, there was no significant statistical difference in the mortality rates between both groups within 224 h post-admission to the hospital or after 28-days of treatment in the emergency department. Furthermore, the treatment efficiency for the group of patients wearing smart bracelets was significantly better than that of the control group with regard to both the primary and secondary outcomes of this study. These results indicate that this smart bracelet has the potential to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of trauma care and treatment. Conclusion: A body area network-based smart bracelet combined with remote 5G technology can assist the administration of emergency care to trauma patients prior to hospital admission, shorten the timeframe in which life-saving interventions are initiated, and allow for a quick trauma team response as well as increased efficiency upon administration of emergency care.

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body area networkclinical applicationpre-hospital emergency caretraumawearable electronic devices

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PMID37593406
PMCPMC10427851

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