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QR codes for safe rescues officially rolled out by Mercedes Benz

09/16/201409/13/2014 Jorge Gonzalez

The long awaited Rescue Assist program, is finally being launched by the German auto manufacturer. Mercedes Benz has now officially launched its simple and yet potentially highly useful system based on QR codes that will help first responders to emergency situations to be able to obtain vital information about a vehicle when they have arrived at the scene of a crash. These quick response codes can be scanned in an instant to inform fire, police, and ambulance crews. The QR codes are at the center of an exceptionally simple concept…

QR codes used by Daimler to inform emergency responders

02/07/201402/20/2014 L. Green

The German car manufacturer is expanding its use of the barcodes. Daimler, the German automaker, has announced that it is broadening the use of QR codes to help to provide essential information to emergency responders who are conducting a rescue following a traffic accident. These barcodes were already reported to have been a standard in the Mercedes-Benz and Smart Daimler brands. Back in May 2013, we reported the initial introduction of QR codes into the latest models of Mercedes vehicles. More recently, in January 2013, that was updated when we…

QR codes from Mercedes assist emergency responders

01/13/201401/11/2014 Julie Campbell

The first professionals to arrive on an accident scene can use these quick response codes for information. For the majority of people who recognize QR codes, they would say that they see them most frequently in product packaging and advertising, but Mercedes-Benz is working to change the image that comes to mind when they see these barcodes, as it is using them to provide emergency first responders with critical information that they can use when responding to the scene of an accident. This use of the quick response codes could…

QR codes individualized for each person could assist emergency responders

02/21/201304/13/2014 Jennifer Goula

Patient information could become immediately available through mobile barcode scans. The winning concept behind a Startup Weekend Health competition that was held for the second time in Philadelphia involved the application of personal QR codes that would allow first responders to be able to gain patient information right away, regardless of whether or not the patient is conscious or coherent. The emergency responders would be able to arrive and scan the code to know the patient’s medical history. The concept behind the QR codes is that they would be personalized…

QR codes tested by fire department in new emergency program

09/28/201209/28/2012 L. Green

The barcodes will be used to help share medical data with firefighters. Firefighters in Marin County, California, are testing out a new program that uses QR codes to help to make sure that first responders have rapid and easy access to vital medical information in a rescue situation. These emergency workers know that in some situations, this data can mean the difference between life and death. Across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, this county’s fire department began looking into the design of a program that would incorporate QR…