Scope
When we buy books, the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a valuable resource, since it provides a unique identifier disregarding different publishers or editions. Accordingly, the International Standard Accident Number (ISAN) aims at establishing a unique identifier for adverse events such as accidents and emergency situations.
The ISAN project will establish such a token and will use it to establish secure communication between all IT systems in use at different rescue providers:
- the alarm-giving system (e.g., smart home, smart car, or smart clothes)
- the rescue team (e.g., street, air, water)
- the emergency unit (e.g., general hospital, stroke unit, etc.)
For further information, you are invited to watch the following video on the description of ISAN. This video includes interviews with partners and a simulation scenario of fall detection in the smart-home.
Illustration of a Fall Detection in Smart-Home by ISAN System
In this example, a fall scenario is simulated in which an individual uses the ISAN system:
1- Smart-home detects a fall, and as the part of the system reports the fall
2- ISAN system is initialized and the unique number is generated
3- Emergency service is informed, access to necessary medical information is granted (linked) and data are transmitted
4- Smart-home transmits the current vital signs (e.g., heart rate) of patients in real-time
5- Smart-home transmits the access code of the entrance gate and the navigation to the emergency service
6- The rescue team has been dispatched and has received all the necessary information. The team prepares the requirements and get into the exact location of the patient at the smart-home
Project Lead
- Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School [PLRI-Braunschweig]
- National Metrology Institute of Germany [PTB, Braunschweig]
Partners (alphabetically)
- Competence Center für die Elektronische Signatur im Gesundheitswesen (CCESigG), Braunschweig
- Klinikum Braunschweig (skbs.digital), Braunschweig
- Metropolregion Hannover Braunschweig Göttingen Wolfsburg
- Nibelungen Wohnbau GmbH, Braunschweig
- Oecon Products & Services GmbH, Braunschweig
- Rettungsdienst der Stadt Braunschweig, Braunschweig
- Volkswagen Konzernforschung, Wolfsburg