Location based emergency medical assistance system using OpenstreetMap

Abstract

Mobile Health can play a crucial role in emergency medical healthcare service. Because of rising road accidents in Bangladesh, anyone might need the information of nearest healthcare centers (e.g. hospitals, clinics, and diagnostic centers) right after the incidents occur. This instantaneous information can save the lives of victims of these accidents. Hence, we have proposed a location based emergency medical assistance system using OpenStreetMap (OSM) where the healthcare centers are mapped taking the waypoints of them. Our proposed system comprises a database as central server of the detail information about healthcare centers, android device with application installed on it and its user. User of the application gets the text of nearest healthcare centers from user's current position during any emergency situations. The application shows the markers of healthcare centers on the map along with audio information for visually impaired people. The distance between current location of the user and location of nearest healthcare center is calculated by haversine formula. The effectiveness of the system is tested at different locations in a mapped area.