Simple Tracking System

10/19/2023

🏥 🌧 Use Case: Flooding last month led NY hospital to evacuate 120 patients due to a power failure.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-10-10/new-york-hospitals-aren-t-prepared-for-more-floods-climate-change

Hospitals and other healthcare facilities need a way to effectively and efficiently track the evacuation of patients during disasters as well as account for their safety in transport to and after transfer of care -- https://simpletrackingsystem.com/hospitals/

Nacha here writing from Brooklyn, where recent flash floods created messes in the streets, subways and at schools. One hospital was even forced to evacuate. But first...

10/18/2023

🏫 🎒 For , read how a school in Virginia utilized Simple Tracking System to account for students during an emergency evacuation.

Other use cases also discussed:

https://simpletrackingsystem.com/simple-tracking-system-in-schools/

School Evacuations When schools have to evacuate due to an emergency, they are responsible for accounting for the safe location of all students and staff. During routine evacuations, teachers can look at their class and easily spot who may be missing. However, more complex evacuations occurring duri...

10/17/2023

🎡 Learn how your agency can deploy Simple Tracking System at special events, such as fairs and festivals, to track emergency evacuations, individuals seeking medical care, and patients transported to area hospitals. Our technology can also be used to reunify attendees should any become lost or unaccounted for.

Special events are potentially planned MCIs. Learn more here: https://simpletrackingsystem.com/simple-tracking-system-during-special-events/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2023/10/15/texas-state-fair-shuts-down-after-gunman-injures-three-in-third-us-fair-shooting-this-year/

Three people were injured in a shooting at the Texas State Fair in Dallas on Saturday.

10/16/2023

☣ Use Case: Commercial building evacuated following ammonia leak resulting in 12 patients contaminated with 11 being transported to hospital for medical treatment.

Track emergency evacuations, decontamination status, triage, and transports to hospital with Simple Tracking System -- https://simpletrackingsystem.com/

https://www.ems1.com/hazmat/articles/11-hospitalized-after-ammonia-leak-at-calif-business-Y2ue5248s7yBW4Rz/

11 patients from the Orange County hazardous materials incident are listed in stable condition

10/13/2023

🚸 Use Case: 8 children (infant to toddler) & 5 adults transported to hospital; all other children & staff evacuated after hazmat incident at childcare center.

https://www.ems1.com/children/articles/8-children-5-adults-sickened-at-pa-childcare-center-bz3M5SI5qlv9Jr7u/

Learn how STS can track patients & emergency evacuations:
https://simpletrackingsystem.com/

Several patients experiencing headaches and dizziness at a North Whitehall childcare center were transported to area hospitals

10/12/2023

💡 There is a reason patient tracking and reunification continue to show-up as fail points in mass casualty after-action reports — responding agencies have not adopted a patient tracking system because none of the current solutions meet their needs or the responding agency’s system is not effective in some way.

Read below to learn how and why Simple Tracking System is the better solution ⬇

https://simpletrackingsystem.com/why-current-patient-tracking-systems-dont-work/

Simple Tracking System addresses existing gaps in patient tracking and reunification, gaps that current systems do not address. There is a reason patient tracking and reunification continue to show-up as fail points in mass casualty after-action reports — responding agencies have not adopted a pat...

10/11/2023

✈ Simple Tracking System can account for groups of people during large-scale evacuations, providing individuals' location and status from conflict zones to safety anywhere in the world. This information can also be provided automatically to families providing peace of mind during emotional and stressful times.

https://www.voanews.com/a/countries-scramble-to-evacuate-citizens-from-israel-hamas-war-zone/7303329.html

Learn more: https://simpletrackingsystem.com/ngo/

Several foreigners were killed or taken hostage when Hamas fighters poured out of the Gaza Strip on Saturday and began attacking targets in Israel

10/10/2023

🔥🧯 In honor of -- Learn how Simple Tracking System is used by healthcare facilities (hospitals, assisted living, nursing homes) to track patients, residents and staff during and following emergency evacuations.

https://simpletrackingsystem.com/

10/09/2023

Employ Simple Tracking System at any assisted living, senior center, or nursing home facility to assist with the tracking and accountability of residents and staff during or following an emergency evacuation 👵 👴 👨‍🦽

https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/4224329-older-and-disabled-americans-need-help-amid-disasters/

Learn more here:
https://simpletrackingsystem.com/assisted-living/

Bringing caregivers into the conversation about older adult preparation is the goal of a new partnership between FEMA and the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers.

10/05/2023

🔥 Use Case: 150 units evacuated, 3 residents + 2 responders transported to hospital following fire at 3-story senior residential complex.

Account for residents & staff during and after emergency evacuations with Simple Tracking System: https://simpletrackingsystem.com/assisted-living/

https://www.firerescue1.com/fireground-operations/articles/video-firefighter-residents-injured-in-mich-seniors-apartment-fire-GyB18Sws5uXj1Umo/

Southgate Fire Chief Justin Graves said the fire extended into the attic and "ran through the whole building"

10/04/2023

2023 has seen more weather-related disasters than any other year 🌀🔥🌪️🌧️

Is your jurisdiction or agency prepared to track evacuations, patients, transports, and survivors as well as reunify families following a large-scale disaster next year?

Look to Simple Tracking System as your solution:

https://simpletrackingsystem.com/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/09/11/us-sets-record-weather-climate-disasters-2023/70822661007/

As of Monday, the U.S. has endured a whopping 23 separate weather and climate disasters that have each led to at least $1 billion in damage.

10/03/2023

🔥 Use Case: 38 injured (26 transported to hospitals & 12 treated onsite) in fire at police headquarters.

https://www.firefighternation.com/news/fire-at-a-police-headquarters-in-egypt-injures-at-least-38-people/

Use Simple Tracking System to track patient transports as well as onsite medical care during MCIs -- https://simpletrackingsystem.com/

A huge fire broke out early Monday at a police facility in northeastern Egypt, injuring at least 38 people.

10/02/2023

⛑ Use Case: 10 killed, 60 injured, 30 missing/trapped in debris after church roof collapse.

With Simple Tracking System, triage patients, track transports to area hospitals, and reunify survivors and families. Learn more:

https://simpletrackingsystem.com/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/church-roof-collapse-mexico-ciudad-madero-santa-cruz-church/

Police said about 100 people were inside the Santa Cruz church when the roof collapsed in the Mexican city of Ciudad Madero.

09/28/2023

Effective responses to mass shootings require the following capabilities:

✔ Triage

✔ Communication

✔ Patient Tracking

✔ Family Reunification

Simple Tracking System handles these functions and more:
https://simpletrackingsystem.com/

09/27/2023

📲 Simple Tracking System meets many of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Communications Tech Wish List items, preparing first responders with the right technology

Learn more: https://simpletrackingsystem.com/

09/26/2023

Simple Tracking System...
✔ Integrates with hospitals to track ED surge capacity
✔ Triage and tracks large numbers of patients
✔ Provides families with updated patient information, status, and location

Learn more: https://simpletrackingsystem.com/ems/

09/25/2023

🚑 🚒 🚓 Simple Tracking System technology can be utilized across the public safety spectrum to prepare response agencies to all types of emergencies or disasters.

Learn more below:
https://simpletrackingsystem.com/

09/22/2023

✔ Take the first step in preparing and equipping your agency to effectively respond to mass casualty emergencies -- sign-up for a Simple Tracking System demo!

https://simpletrackingsystem.com/request-a-demo/

09/21/2023

What makes our patient tracking and reunification technology better ❓

Watch this clip highlighting our key features ▶️

09/21/2023

💜 On , learn how Simple Tracking System technology works to support, identify, and locate those prone to wandering.

Read more below:
https://simpletrackingsystem.com/social-services-use-of-simple-tracking-system-identify-locate-critical-citizens/

09/20/2023

🚑 Use Case: 26 injured (5 seriously) and transported to area hospitals during private event.

Could your agency handle a similar ?
https://simpletrackingsystem.com/ems/

https://www.ems1.com/mass-casualty-incidents-mci/articles/26-injured-5-seriously-in-tent-collapse-at-ill-event-8tJMDuXNexVko6rN/

Patients from the Bedford Park event were transported to several area hospitals

09/20/2023

🎪 Special events should be considered planned mass casualty incidents with response agencies prepared to triage, transport, and track a large number of patients as well as reunify families if an emergency or disaster were to occur

Learn more: https://simpletrackingsystem.com/simple-tracking-system-during-special-events/

As a patient tracking and reunification tool, Simple Tracking System (STS) helps public safety agencies document, track and report on the number of patients treated, the status of injuries impacting those patients, their whereabouts throughout a response, and the destination where patients may be tr...

09/19/2023

Simple Tracking System has so many innovative features that set it apart from other patient tracking solutions ⬇

Sign-up for a demo today to learn how to your agency for an effective response to emergencies. https://simpletrackingsystem.com/request-a-demo/

09/18/2023

🚑 Ensure your agency is to tracking and reunify patients following a mass casualty incident, it is a gap continuously identified in after-action reports.

Learn more: https://simpletrackingsystem.com/ems/

09/14/2023

"42% of assisted living residents have diagnoses of Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia."

https://www.mcknightsseniorliving.com/home/news/states-create-individual-responses-to-dementia-as-it-grows-as-a-public-health-issue/

📲 Assisted living and nursing home facilities should have a way to account for, identify, and locate residents prone to wandering if or should they ever go missing.

Learn more: https://simpletrackingsystem.com/social-services-use-of-simple-tracking-system-identify-locate-critical-citizens/

A coalition of organizations — including senior living ones — asked Congress to recommit to funding the national response to Alzheimer’s and related dementias, and several states are providing additional resources to address the growing public health issue.

09/14/2023

Assisted living and nursing home facilities can utilize Simple Tracking System to create voluntary registries for residents prone to wandering in an effort to identify and locate them if they should ever go missing

Learn more: https://simpletrackingsystem.com/social-services-use-of-simple-tracking-system-identify-locate-critical-citizens/

09/13/2023

🚑 Any disaster or emergency can lead to an assisted living or nursing home facility having to evacuate their residents and staff. Facilities need a reliable way to account for residents as they are transported from danger to a new, safe location, providing peace of mind to their loved ones

Learn more: https://simpletrackingsystem.com/assisted-living/

09/13/2023

🌧 🌪 🔥 In recent years, floods, tornadoes, wildfires, and artic blasts are among the extreme weather events that have prompted evacuations of nursing homes and assisted living facilities

Does your facility have an effective and efficient way to account for residents and staff before and during an emergency evacuation?

Learn more: https://simpletrackingsystem.com/assisted-living/

09/12/2023

🚑 Evacuating assisted living and nursing home facilities during an emergency situation is complicated. Allow Simple Tracking System to provide that peace of mind, accounting for residents and staff from the emergency scene to safety

Learn more: https://simpletrackingsystem.com/assisted-living/

09/12/2023

🚨 CMS requires that assisted living and nursing home facilities prepare for emergencies, and should consider a resident and staff tracking system when forced to evacuate

Simple Tracking System is an innovative technology allowing facilities to easily account for both residents and staff during and following an evacuation from the point of danger to safety. If resident care needs to be transferred to an alternative, long-term facility, their medical record can attach to their evacuation record and provide invaluable information to the new facility. Automated updates can be sent to emergency contacts and family to notify them of their loved ones' status and location.

Learn more: https://simpletrackingsystem.com/assisted-living/

09/11/2023

It is National Assisted Living Week!👴🧓👵

All week, Simple Tracking System will highlight how our technology can provide peace of mind to families of the elderly and facility staff during and following emergencies. Assisted living facilities are impacted by emergencies every day, ranging from weather-related disasters and accidents to other man-made threats.

Learn more here:
https://simpletrackingsystem.com/assisted-living/

09/08/2023

🌀 Are you located in a disaster-prone state? Consider Simple Tracking System as a technological solution to prepare your organization to respond during the next disaster

Learn more: www.simpletrackingsystem.com

09/07/2023

✅ Learn how Simple Tracking System can prepare your organization to respond to an emergency this month and all year long.

https://simpletrackingsystem.com/september-is-national-preparedness-month/

Sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, every year September is recognized as National Preparedness Month (NPM) to promote personal and organizational preparedness throughout the year. Simple Tracking System (STS) celebrates NPM by highlighting how our technology can prepare your entit...

09/07/2023

📊 "A sample of respondents, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, EMS providers and corrections officers report a significant lack of funding to purchase equipment and technology needs for their department. According to the poll results, 68% of all respondents indicated that their agencies had identified equipment and technology needs over the past 12 months for which they lacked the necessary funding."

Does your agency need funding to support a patient tracking solution? Grant opportunities exist to fund STS, read more here: https://simpletrackingsystem.com/potential-grant-opportunities-to-secure-federal-funding-for-sts/

https://www.police1.com/police-grants/articles/poll-call-first-responders-lack-the-funds-to-purchase-equipment-and-technology-OIx3plDppkhNkyO4/

A majority of first responder agencies lack necessary funds for purchasing equipment and technology

09/06/2023

🚍 Use Case: Transporting 49 children + 2 adults for medical care and managing reunification of parents and children at hospital.

Learn more: www.simpletrackingsystem.com

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12488325/children-hospitalized-school-bus-crashes-Pennsylvania.html

A school bus carrying 49 children and two adults collided with a tow truck in Luzerne County at around 8am on Route 115.

09/06/2023

For National Preparedness Month, ensure your school system is prepared to account for students and staff following an emergency evacuation 🏫

Learn more below ⬇️
https://simpletrackingsystem.com/simple-tracking-system-in-schools/

School Evacuations When schools have to evacuate due to an emergency, they are responsible for accounting for the safe location of all students and staff. During routine evacuations, teachers can look at their class and easily spot who may be missing. However, more complex evacuations occurring duri...

09/05/2023

🚑 Use Case: An example in the news too often -- SUV crashes into restaurant injuring 23.

Track patients from emergency scene to area hospitals with Simple Tracking System. Learn more: www.simpletrackingsystem.com

https://www.ems1.com/mass-casualty-incidents-mci/articles/23-injured-when-suv-crashes-into-texas-restaurant-JTq9gr6EqKBKGOgQ/

Patients in the Rosenberg crash had injuries ranging from minor to severe

09/01/2023

Follow Simple Tracking System throughout the month of September for information on how our technology can prepare your organization to respond to the next emergency.

www.simpletrackingsystem.com

08/31/2023

👮‍♂️ Use Case: 650+ inmates evacuated from state prison due to fire; 400 relocated to other facilities.

Accountability tracking during emergency evacuations -- www.simpletrackingsystem.com

https://www.firerescue1.com/fireground-operations/articles/video-over-300-inmates-evacuated-during-texas-prison-fire-dbD139M4m9CFAPfD/

Authorities moved 320 inmates as Huntsville firefighters battled a fire at the Walls Prison Unit