Anton Hoffman
Moment Triage System
Umeå Institute of Design
Moment Triage System
Moment Triage System
In a mass casualty situation are the rescue personnel depending on a correct prioritization, a triage, to be able to perform a successful operation. This product-set contains of two kinds of physical products connected to each other and a system – one sensor patch attached to the victims, and one input device carried by the paramedics – which streamlines, simplifies and speeds up the process resulting in precise prioritizations and more lives saved.
2. The Brief: Summarize the problem you set out to solve. What was the context for the project, and what was the challenge posed to you?The scope given was to look deep into train crashes that are increasing in numbers all over the world – more traffic and higher speed does result in terrible accidents from time to time. The rescue personnel are facing specific problems in this situations and they have really no tools to handle it. Within “the golden hour”, shall all victims be prioritized and taken care off – it’s mission impossible! Where in this chaos can industrial design be used for solving problems?
3. The Intent: What point of view did you bring to the project, and were there additional criteria that you added to the brief?My idea was to look to go to the very bottom and find the essence of a rescue operation instead of looking at pure physical and technical needs. The result is designed according to a rescue operation work flow in order to streamline the whole process. My starting point was to create a holistic view of the situation and design from that.
4. The Process: Describe the rigor that informed your project. (Research, ethnography, subject matter experts, materials exploration, technology, iteration, testing, etc., as applicable.) What stakeholder interests did you consider? (Audience, business, organization, labor, manufacturing, distribution, etc., as applicable)This project was done in tight collaboration with paramedics, fire fighters, researchers and started of with a course named “Train Crashes” designed for rescue personnel where a real train crash where simulated with real train carriages in rough conditions. By entering the role as the rescuer and climb into an overturned wagon filled with victims was the victim prioritization an overwhelming problem. So, hands-on experience and hand-on testing and concept evaluation together with experienced experts has been the driving force in the project. The personnel, the hospitals and the victims are the addressed stakeholders and its designed for easy and cheap production with existing technology.
5. The Value: How does your project earn its keep in the world? What is its value? What is its impact? (Social, educational, economic, paradigm-shifting, sustainable, environmental, cultural, gladdening, etc.)These products utilized modern technology and adapt it to a world-wide system of how to handle chaotic situations. By having a super easy patch for calculating triage values can everyone help in the first stage of the triage – it will be quick, correct and safe and will help saving lives!
This product demonstrated a very solid idea and leveraged the video to articulate a compelling story.