Satellite communications for supporting medical care in the aftermath of disasters.
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2006-10-06
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At present mobile phones are not a useful tool for medical control during a disaster We have estimated the number of satellite channels that would be needed for telemedicine in a major disaster using the Erlang B equation This indicated that 29 satellite channels would be sufficient for the operation of a telemedicine system for hospital to hospital communications during a major disaster in Japan Governments at local and national levels in Japan as well as private organizations require an independent satellite telecommunication infrastructure to deal with the aftermath of disasters