Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders

Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER) is a system to assist first responders in identification of hazardous materials during a response. The system was created by the United States National Library of Medicine.[1]

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Capabilities

Wiser has the most likely encountered entries from the Hazardous Substance Data Bank. It simplifies the data with an interface to easily help identify unknown substances. Known substances can be searched for through a variety of different means including: UN number, CAS number, and Science Transportation Commodity Code (STCC) number.[2] The system provides health effects, an overview of treatments and occupational exposure levels. Additional tools are available including the Emergency Response Guidebook and a Weapon of Mass Destruction Guidebook.[3]

Platforms

WISER has a downloadable application on Microsoft Windows PCs, Windows Mobile devices and Palm OS PDAs. It is also browser based application (WebWISER) for both PDA and PC based browsers.[3]

References

  1. ^ "New Hand-held Information System for Emergency Responders". Medical New Today. 12 Mar 2005. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/21137.php. Retrieved 9 October 2010. 
  2. ^ Skhal, Kathryn (January 2006). "Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER).". Journal of the Medical Library Association. http://ukpmc.ac.uk/articles/PMC1324782;jsessionid=C362F7F2A2407FC6C3C5736D8C15C3E7.jvm4. Retrieved 9 October 2010. 
  3. ^ a b Forman, Steven. "Website Review". Volume 58, Issue 6. Oxford Journals of Occupational Medicine. p. 446. http://occmed.oxfordjournals.org/content/58/6/446.full. Retrieved 9 October 2010. 

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National Cancer Institute · National Eye Institute · National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · National Human Genome Research Institute · National Institute on Aging · National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering · National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders · National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research · National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · National Institute on Drug Abuse · National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · National Institute of General Medical Sciences · National Institute of Mental Health · National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities · National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · National Institute of Nursing Research · National Library of Medicine
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