RettungsNetz 5G
The project RettungsNetz-5G is a project funded by the Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport (BMDV) that uses the many new possibilities of the performance of mobile technology 5G for faster and better emergency medical care.
Background and Objectives of
the project
5G is the mobile communications standard of the future: Faster and more secure, lower latencies and more devices at the same time are possible with it, among other things. All of this predestines 5G for use in emergency medicine. A regional project consortium around the Rhine-Neckar Regional Association, the University Medical Center and the University of Mannheim sees great opportunities precisely here.
Specifically, the 5G connection of the ambulance to the clinic and thus an upgrade of diagnostics already at the scene of the accident and in the ambulance with medical support from the clinic. The latest innovative medical devices, including a mobile CT, will also be tested. The rescue forces at the scene of the accident will also be supported in real time by cloud-based AI systems. The aim is to shorten the time to optimal treatment, thereby improving care and ultimately saving lives.
“We want to make use of future technologies in order to help people.“
“The Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at the University Hospital Mannheim, together with its partners in neurology and emergency medicine and the entire 5G consortium, is looking forward to this pioneering project, which sets new standards in regional and supra-regional emergency care through a unique combination of point-of-care imaging, digitized telemedical process flows, cloud-based data integration and AI-supported decision support. Improved risk prediction, faster diagnosis and therapy processes, and more comprehensive decision-making will create new perspectives in the acute treatment of emergency patients and will be sustainably anchored via 5G technology.”
“Innovation and intelligent networking – these are the hallmarks of our project approach. Many thanks to all project partners for the good, imaginative cooperation in formulating the forward-looking project idea and to the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure for the announced support for implementation.”
“The Institute for Enterprise Systems at the University of Mannheim is very pleased about the announced funding of the project RettungsNetz-5G. After the successful collaboration with the Verband Region Rhein-Neckar in the project “CrowdMyRegion” and with the University Hospital Mannheim in the M2OLIE research campus, we see the new project as a unique opportunity to take processes and technologies for rescuing accident victims to a new level with our renowned partners in industry.”