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Advancing Disaster Response Systems: Implementing Biometric Technologies as Demographic Identifiers

Authors:
Omorodion Eguasa
Barbara Nicolai

Keywords: biometric technology; natural disaster; response systems; fingerprint; iris; handheld; emergency medical care

Abstract:
This study covers multiple findings from the origin of biometric technology, its application in the modern world, and new ideas that have made this technology practice very useful and popular. It also provides an assessment of how future developments of Natural Disaster Response Systems can benefit from utilizing parts of this technology during search and rescue situations to administer emergency medical care for disaster-stricken victims that may be unresponsive and without identification. Using biometric technologies such as fingerprint identification and iris recognition software on handheld devices will allow responders to scan fingerprints or the iris of unresponsive victims to gain emergency medical records that their healthcare professionals use to treat them.

Pages: 70 to 75

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012

Publication date: June 24, 2012

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4529

ISBN: 978-1-61208-202-8

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from June 24, 2012 to June 29, 2012