Analyzing the Development and Implementation Posibility of the Robotic Ambulance for COVID Pacients

Doru-Laurean Baldean () and Viorel Chindea ()
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Doru-Laurean Baldean: Lecturer, Department of Automotive Engineering and Transportation at Technical University from Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Viorel Chindea: PhD Student, Department of Automotive Engineering and Transportation at Technical University from Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Journal for Social Media Inquiry, 2021, vol. 3, issue 1, 08-18

Abstract: During Covid pandemic, the automation, robotization and digitization were accelerated, but the results do not meet all expectations. Telecommunications have undeniable successes, but in other sectors the benefits of technological advancement are still missing. The "online school" and the "online procedures" of some institutions have been partially upgraded, but things have been as well in other activities which were less suitable for automation, robotization and digitization. The healthcare sector was highly stressed in the context of COVID-19 crisis, but it has not fully benefited from the advantages of the robotic vehicles. Life and death during COVID-19 crisis has affected most people, either as victims or actors in a reality that took them unprepared. Ambulances have been challenged by events which were not always managed successfully. They must respond promptly to save the lives of those who call for help. Staff in this sector are often overworked and highly stressed. The simultaneous existence of robotic ambulances that can take over some of the victims who need medical services could be both a good idea and a life-saving measure. The paper proposes implementation of existing technology for optimizing ambulance services with robotic tools and suitable for digitization. In this way, complementary solutions can be generated for increasing the quality of life, respectively for mitigating the emotional and physical stress when it comes to near death experiences. When on-site complex resuscitation and first aid maneuvers are not necessary, being required only the lifting and transportation procedures by a medical robot, the ​​use of a robotic vehicle mitigates the ambulance’s personnel from stresses. These solutions are complementary, leading to an improvement in life’s quality.

Keywords: ambulance; automatization; digitization; robotics; life (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I15 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.18662/jsmi/3.1/13

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