To the article Conclusion of the KIRETT funding project
Together with its partners, the University of Siegen and mbeder GmbH, CRS medical wins an innovative research project in the field of civil security. The ambitious goal is to use artificial intelligence to support rescue personnel and thus increase the safety of citizens. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding the project as part of the "Research for Civil Security" program with a total of around 1.3 million euros. research is being carried out on an innovative, wearable device, which is intended to help improve first aid during rescue operations. This wearable will use computer-aided artificial intelligence (AI) to recognize the emergency situation at hand. Rescue personnel are then given context-dependent recommendations for action, which should minimize late damage caused by incorrect treatment and thus increase the likelihood of survival for the people being treated.
Other goals being pursued with the development of the wearable are improved quality of care in special situations and data integration to improve first aid. In a mass casualty incident (so-called MANV scenario), for example, a great amount of time is often lost due to time-consuming documentation requirements such as categorizing patients, documenting sightings in paper form on lists and summarizing the overall situation. In such a scenario, the wearable would offer a time-saving and reliable alternative, as the device documents digitally, classifies efficiently and performs a direct data comparison between the wearables of different emergency services and ensures automatic dispatching. In addition, a general increase in efficiency for rescue personnel is to be realized through automation and context-dependent support as well as the traceability of first aid for quality management and training.
CRS medical is the consortium leader in this project, with the main task being the joint research with the university partners on the portable device. CRS medical's telemetry software solutions enable the emergency services to transmit patient data in real time. Its core competencies are the mobile recording and central processing of medical measurement data. New software solutions are developed and existing products are adapted to individual requirements.
The University of Siegen is involved in this innovative project with two university chairs. The Chair of Knowledge-Based Systems and Knowledge Management with its expertise in the areas of applied knowledge management, intelligent systems, data/text mining and machine learning. The Chair of Embedded Systems at the University of Siegen is dedicated to component-based system architectures, taking into account non-functional properties such as real-time capability, reliability and adaptability. The research group is also working on artificial intelligence on embedded systems, on which the KIRETT system will later be installed.
The task of mbeder GmbH is to develop an energy-efficient, reliable and real-time capable AI platform for situation recognition and recommendations for action in the wearable device. The research work of mbeder aims to extend existing SoC FPGA platforms with fault tolerance mechanisms, real-time capable energy management and the real-time capable coupling of AI resources. The core competencies are reliable and fault-tolerant system architectures for safety-critical AI applications. Expertise includes, for example, circuit design (e.g. PCBs, FPGAs), the design and implementation of software architectures for embedded systems as well as real-time capability and mixed criticality.
This project is motivated by future users such as the security and rescue forces of the Siegen-Wittgenstein district, the city of Siegen, the German Red Cross (DRK) and the medical staff of the Jung-Stilling Hospital.
On 20.07.2021, the kick-off of the joint project KIRETT took place at the external location of the IoT Accelerator (Internet of Things) of the University of Siegen at SUMMIT on Martinshardt in Leimbachtal. The meeting was held as a hybrid event due to the current coronavirus situation. Present were Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roman Obermaisser, Dipl.-Ing. Veit Wiese and Abu Shad Ahammed from the Chair of Embedded Systems, as well as Prof. Dr.-Ing. Madjid Fathi, Dr. Christian Weber and Johannes Zenkert from the Chair of Knowledge-Based Systems and Knowledge Management. Dr. Jörn Worbes represents both the Siegen-Wittgenstein district and the Jung-Stilling Hospital, from which he was connected online, in the project as medical director of the rescue service. On site were Mr. Rüdiger Schmidt from the DRK-Kreisverband Siegen-Wittgenstein e.V., Matthias Ebertz and Jonas Sobotka from the Siegen fire department and Katharina Schmidt from the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein. Mr. Thomas Müller, deputy head of the rescue service at the DRK Siegen-Wittgenstein, also took part. From the industry partners, mbeder GmbH, represented by Cornelia Diesmann, Dr.-Ing. Hamidreza Ahmadian and Muhammad Hamza, as well as CRS medical GmbH, represented by Dr. Patrick Uhr and Sascha Klein, were present at the kick-off event. In addition, Mr. Thomas Tremmel, Head of the Technical Department of the Düsseldorf Fire Brigade, who has been involved in the project idea from the very beginning, joined the event online.
The KMU-innovativ: Research for Civil Security funding measure aims to strengthen the innovative capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany in the field of civil security research. The initiative is part of the Federal Government's high-tech strategy "Innovations for Germany", the BMBF's ten-point program for more innovation in SMEs " Right of way for SMEs" and the Federal Government's framework program "Research for civil security".