Medical Archives

September 28, 2020

Blueforce Starter Kits now available

in Fire, Lone Worker, Medical, Mobility, Police

Small and medium-sized businesses now have access to situational awareness software that is military-grade, and affordable. Public safety agencies rely on operational intelligence to effectively respond to emergency situations. Technology can boost the amount of collectible intelligence and help synthesize and analyze it so informed decisions can be made.Â Real-time location of essential personnel and assets is one of the cornerstones incident data that helps first...

June 28, 2020

BlueforceWBGT as a tool for the Prevention of Heat Related Injuries

by Blueforce

in autonomous agents, Dashboard, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Emergency Notification, Heat, Interoperability, IoT, Law Enforcement, Location, Medical, Mobility, Occupational Safety, Sensors, Situational Awareness, WBGT

Millions of U.S. workers, including those in the military and public safety, are exposed to heat in their workplaces, but also during training. Although illness from exposure to heat is preventable, every year, thousands become sick from occupational heat exposure, and some cases are fatal. Most outdoor fatalities, 50% to 70%, occur in the first few days of working in warm or hot environments because...

June 17, 2020

Balancing privacy and public health, while providing real time informatics to detect â€œviral bloomsâ€ in Smart Cities The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in an era of unprecedented uncertainty. For businesses, the virus has introduced unparalleled issues with business continuity, supply chain disruptions, and employee health. If there is one thing history has shown us, it's that pandemics are known to occur in waves. Infections spike, peak,...

June 12, 2020

Whether you are involved in executive protection, campus safety, or manage teams of mobile "lone workers", a fundamental requirement exists to keep track of people and to ensure their safety as they go about their day. BlueforceBEACON is a highly secure software based emergency notification system that provides a safety net. The product delivers location services, secure text communications, covert emergency camera triggering, â€œlisten liveâ€...

May 2, 2020

To help first responders handle the worldwide spread of COVID-19, Blueforce Development and Zebra have partnered closely to offer a situational awareness platform that can be rapidly deployed by law enforcement agencies. Blueforce provides an easy-to-use subscriber interface to securely connect with people, sensors, and AI services in seconds, using Zebra rugged mobile devices to capture data and remain connected in critical environments. Utilizing the...

April 26, 2020

Itâ€™s the same kit we have deployed for more than 10 years for border counter-terrorism joint task forces. A kit that is airline checkable (46 lbs; 32" L x 20" W x 9" H) and provides communications, sensor fusion, and a distributed common operating picture that crosses domains, agencies, and networks. More importantly, a kit that isnâ€™t confined to a single vehicle and can be...

March 29, 2020

Electronic Medical Counter-Measures for Disease Mitigation and Containment

by Michael Helfrich

in AI, COVID-19, Edge, IoT, Machine Learning, Medical, Stream Analytics

The Pandemic Response Hackathon to hack COVID-19 started this past Friday at 1600P EDT and continues through the weekend. The Pandemic Response Hackathon is a virtual hackathon aimed at better understanding and mitigating the spread of COVID-19 and future pandemics. The goal of the hackathon is to bring public health professionals alongside the technology communityâ€™s talent to contribute to the worldâ€™s response to the pandemic....