The Global Positioning System and its emerging role in injury prevention

Dan Schlager, MD

Abstract:	Just as technology advances and changes, so does the nature of disease. Fifty years ago, polio was a disease which filled our hospitals; with science and foresight, that disease has been nearly eliminated--but only to be met with new challenges. Science has come a long way in disease treatment but lags in early detection and recognition of many diseases. Traumatic and environmental injuries continue to increase and are just starting to receive the attention they deserve. Just as antibiotics have been so effective in treating infectious diseases, new technology is becoming available to combat these often-forgotten diseases. In addition, technologically improved rescue services can yield benefits not only for traumatic injuries but for such conditions as cardiac arrest, whose improved outcome from use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation is well documented. This discussion gives background about the scope and nature of these injuries, their evolution, and how they may be affected by new technology.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 10th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1997) September 16 - 19, 1997 Kansas City, MO
Pages:	1369 - 1374
Cite this article:	Schlager, Dan, MD,, "The Global Positioning System and its emerging role in injury prevention," Proceedings of the 10th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1997), Kansas City, MO, September 1997, pp. 1369-1374.
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