Press Release
World premiere: ZF presents ZF Life TAG for efficient triage of injured or wounded persons
- Expansion of ZF Rescue Connect with digital patient tracker ZF Life TAG for digital triage in the event of major incidents
- Hospitals and emergency services receive a real-time overview of the number of patients in the various triage categories and the necessary treatment sequence
Friedrichshafen, Germany. When rescue teams arrive at the scene of a train accident or natural disaster, they need to quickly get an overview of which people need help most urgently. This triage process has so far been carried out predominantly in a paper-based way, with injured people being identified using paper tags. ZF is introducing a fully digital alternative in the form of ZF Life TAG as part of ZF Rescue Connect.
The technology company ZF has added an important component to its digital connectivity solution ZF Rescue Connect: the digital patient tracker ZF Life TAG. This small transmitter has a color display that indicates the urgency of treatment. Rescue services can attach this tracker to the injured person during the initial assessment, thus informing the rescue services command about the situation in real time. “We are the first provider worldwide to offer this type of digital registration and prioritization of accident victims,” said Alexander Grupp, Venture Lead Rescue Connect at ZF. ”This enables us to significantly advance the digitalization of rescue services, especially in the event of major incidents, and to facilitate the rapid treatment of casualties.”
The ZF Life TAG is attached to each patient using a lanyard when they are first found. Within seconds, the device sends the GPS position, the time of discovery and the registration number to the connected ZF Rescue Connect cloud. Trained emergency and ambulance personnel can now work through medical checklists and assign a triage category directly to the patient at the ZF Life TAG. Thanks to simple one-button operation, the rescue service can set this accordingly. This creates fully automated reports that provide the rescue services command with a real-time overview of the number of patients and the necessary treatment sequence. During the operation, a digital patient file can now be created for each patient, which includes not only all medical data but also photos of injury patterns. These electronic patient files can then be easily accessed by any authorized hospital in the world.
Experts consider this system to be extremely important, as the number of potential threats is increasing worldwide. Whether natural disasters, train crashes, or terrorist attacks, ZF Rescue Connect is considered the leading system for networking emergency services in Europe.
