Response time is a critical element of emergency services; wasting precious seconds on locating equipment or completing necessary documentation required by law can end up costing lives. From using RFID to track equipment in hospitals to effective on-site inventory management, RFID technology is a precise and efficient solution.
How is RFID Used in Emergency Services?
RFID emergency management software allows you to completely automate the tracking of your equipment and assets, or quickly verify the location and conditions of those assets, thus enabling you to streamline emergency service operations, in addition to making them more cost-effective.
RFID technology can be used throughout the UK’s emergency services to track assets, check inventory levels and remain compliant with the law. Using RFID handheld readers, emergency services staff can quickly verify that all correct equipment is loaded onto a fire engine, ambulance or police vehicle, whilst at the station or before leaving a site.
Other solutions, such as fixed readers, can allow staff to automatically track the movement of assets between zones at a facility, allowing the correct personnel to verify that equipment has gone through the necessary processes.
Upon its implementation, RFID can save valuable time in managing equipment and conducting audits, fully ensuring that staff within the emergency services are always ready with the right tools in good condition to perform their life-saving work.
RFID and the Fire Department
The fire department can use RFID tags to track equipment and personnel. This can help to make sure that the right equipment is dispatched to each call and that everything is accounted for when they return from a fire. RFID asset tracking also has the ability to log any damages or status changes to equipment to keep an accurate record of stock.
RFID can also be used to ensure that equipment is properly maintained and replaced in a timely manner. Some PPE needs to be replaced after a fixed time or a number of wash cycles, and an RFID system can monitor this, alerting staff when equipment should no longer be used, guaranteeing safety.
RFID and Healthcare
Hospitals and the healthcare sector, in general, can utilise RFID emergency management to better track patients, staff and equipment that can be fitted with a tag. Tracking patients through wristbands can ensure that the efficiency of a facility is not impacted and that patients are not only safe and secure, but are always where they’re needed for scans or surgeries. RFID can also be used by hospital staff to locate a patient’s medical records quickly and easily.
Using RFID equipment tracking in hospitals can also provide an automated system that can update hospitals and staff when inventory is low and needs replacing. It can also let you know which departments within a facility will have a surplus of stock too, if needed.
RFID and the Police Force
RFID technology can be used to track relevant equipment while out on patrol, but RFID truly excels when it is used to track evidence. Using RFID tags to track evidence greatly reduces the risk of it being misplaced or stolen, keeping all necessary assets for a case tracked securely.
Using RFID for Ambulances
RFID devices attached to ambulances can provide real-time data that helps hospitals, healthcare facilities and even ambulance crews to identify and manage their fleets more efficiently. RFID emergency management allows for better management that allows facility managers to track the location, speed and direction of an ambulance with a high degree of accuracy.
Our quality RFID systems embedded inside ambulances help track equipment inventory including defibrillators and other life-saving equipment in order to ensure they do not become lost or misplaced while travelling from one location to another. This better asset tracking hereby helps to increase safety measures of all equipment and create a more efficient delivery system of care.
Benefits of RFID Emergency Management
RFID provides a unique solution for every emergency service to better track and manage patients, data and assets, each coming with an array of benefits:
Streamline facility operations by knowing exactly where supplies are located through real-time updates on the quantity and location of medication or products within facilities.
Improves the productivity of staff with a more advanced system.
Better product handling efficiency.
RFID asset tracking provides a cost-effective solution to long-term shrinkage issues, helping to reduce costs in the long run.
Saves time with an automated scanning system that results in smoother delivery of care or support.
Increases the visibility of goods and the data captured on products through specialised RFID tags.
Optimises the delivery process and speed with better automation.
The transparency that RFID offers the emergency services is unparalleled and helps to alleviate the pressure that is often applied to the sector.
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