Decentralized Emergency Response by Friends and Family

Abstract

A Method and System for coordinating help to an individual experiencing a medical emergency from their designated Emergency Care Team (ECT). The location of the Person in Distress (PID) and all of their emergency contacts is determined. A real time audio video conference is created which enables the PID and all members of the ECT to communicate. Real time vital signs from the PID's wearable health monitor is streamed to all participants. The PID's medical history is temporarily unlocked and provided on demand to the ECT members. The ECT members participate as available with no single person or call center coordinating this effort. Additional participants may be added to the conference at the discretion of the ECT members including, but not limited to the E911 operator for the PID's locale, the PID's medical providers, other individuals from the PID's contact list, or other individuals as may be deemed important to the response. Additional participants are provided with a mechanism which connects them into conference with full access to all the information available to the ECT members with no prior registration or App install.

1 . A method for use in establishing a real time emergency collaboration team of individuals to assist in a medical emergency with a Person in Distress (PID) who is known to them comprising:
 establishing a collection of Emergency Care Team (ECT) members who have accepted an invitation to join prior to the emergency event and who may or may not have medical power of attorney for the PID;   a PID confirming the emergency or failing to indicate a false alarm within a given time period;   sending a notification to all ECT members that an emergency is in progress;   joining the call by ECT members who are available to help;   those ECT members actively participating in the resolution of the issue by physically going to the location of the PID, speaking with the PID, or calling emergency medical technicians to respond to the emergency.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising each member of the ECT receiving real time vital signs of the PID from that person's wearable monitor, the real time location of that PID, and a real time audio and video feed from the PID's endpoint device. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising each member of the ECT receiving audio from the endpoint device of all other ECT members, as well as receiving the real time location of the other ECT members and their call status. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising any member on the emergency call requesting E911 services with jurisdiction for the current location of the PID, E911 service dispatching agents to assist with the emergency, connecting the dispatched agents into the emergency call, the dispatched agents accessing the same information and capabilities as the other participants. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising connecting ad hoc participants into the emergency call by a ECT member on the call, the new participant sharing access to the same information and capabilities as the other participants. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  further compromising viewing the relationship of each emergency call participant to the PID and the medical power of attorney status of each ECT member. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising viewing the recent vital signs history and the electronic health records of the PID. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising accessing the contact information for the medical care providers of the PID by any participant in the Emergency Call. 
     
     
         9 . A system for use in establishing a real time emergency call between members of an Emergency Care Team (ECT) during a medical emergency comprising:
 a medical monitoring device worn by a Person in Distress (PID) and the PID's endpoint communications device, both devices connected to each other through wireless short range transceivers;   a plurality of endpoint communication devices associated with a plurality of ECT members;   a shared computing resource accessible over an internet with one or more processing elements, working memory, and nonvolatile memory, the system is configured to perform;   establishing a collection of ECT members who have accepted an invitation to join prior to the emergency event and who may or may not have medical power of attorney for the PID;   a PID confirming the emergency or failing to indicate a false alarm within a given time period;   sending a notification to all ECT members that an emergency is in progress;   joining the call by the ECT members who are available to help;   those ECT members actively participating in the resolution of the issue by physically going to the location of the PID, speaking with the PID, or calling emergency medical technicians to respond to the emergency.   
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9  further comprising a geolocation capability in the endpoint device of the PID and all ECT members. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 9  further comprising executable code and integration protocols for connecting with E911 services for a given location. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 9  further comprising executable code and communications protocols operating in the shared computing resource to include additional participants into the emergency call with the same capabilities as the other ECT members. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 9  further comprising executable code capable of decrypting Electronic Health Records of the PID.