On November 28th, ULSAC held the final demonstration of the ENTRUST project, which has been underway since January 2023, through a simulation and video recording of a patient’s journey in an emergency setting. The initiative focused on ambulance monitoring and the secure transmission of real-time clinical data to the hospital, illustrating the potential of the technological solutions developed within the project, specifically PARTICLE’s Smart Ambulance System enhanced with ENTRUST security components.
This demonstrator showed the creation of a secure and connected smart ambulance system, allowing patient medical data to be sent in near real-time to a remote patient monitoring system (RPM) available at the point-of-care (i.e., the destination hospital) to the medical teams. The patient’s information was instantly made available to the hospital’s medical professionals having the appropriate permissions to access the data of the patient en-route, which significantly facilitated the immediate and effective delivery of healthcare assistance by the hospital upon the patient’s arrival.
The simulation took place in two distinct phases: outside, using an intra-hospital ambulance, the scenario of attending to a patient in an emergency situation was recreated, including continuous monitoring of vital signs and real-time transmission of clinical information. Subsequently, in a clinical office at the hospital, access to dashboards with data from the ambulance (clinical status and location) was demonstrated, highlighting how these solutions can support the timely preparation of human and material resources before the patient’s arrival.
“The simulation used a simulated patient, without interfering with the provision of real care, and involved the collaboration of the Patient Management Service. The action reinforced the collaboration between clinical teams, technical teams, and project partners, contributing to testing and validating the potential of ENTRUST solutions in a realistic emergency context. This demonstration allowed us to see, in a very concrete way, how real-time monitoring and secure data transmission from the ambulance to the hospital can improve team preparedness and patient safety in emergency situations,” emphasizes João Assunção, Director of the Planning, Controlling and Investment Service.
Eng. Marco Manso emphasised the importance to employ modern digital technologies for the benefit of patients and medical assistance, especially in cases where a fast and accurate response is needed. In collaboration with ULSAC, PARTICLE demonstrated the application of a Smart Ambulance system providing real-time ambulance location updates and patient vitals available at ULSAC monitoring rooms.
Generated Trajectory. Right: Ambulance App Transmitting Ambulance Location data. Bottom: Ambulance at ULSAC/HESE
This initiative is part of ULSAC’s participation as a partner entity in the ENTRUST project (Horizon Europe funding grant no. 101095634), reinforcing the institution’s commitment to innovation in digital health, clinical information security, and improved response in emergency situations.
The filming, carried out by ULSAC’s Communication and Marketing Office, will allow the production of demonstration and dissemination materials for the project, to be distributed by ENTRUST partners and presented at a meeting with the European Commission for the overall evaluation of the project, highlighting the role of the hospital and emergency teams in the use of technological solutions.
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