An Integrated Emergency Ambulance Response, Tracking and Hospital Coordination System

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@article{1724499,
      author = {Priyank Nagori, Abhijeet Raskar, Rutuja Patil, Sachin Rathod, Prof. Ashwini Garkhedkar},
      title = {An Integrated Emergency Ambulance Response, Tracking and Hospital Coordination System},
      journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
      year = {2026},
      volume = {10},
      number = {4},
      pages = {4770-4779},
      issn = {2456-8880},
      url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1724499.pdf},
      abstract = {Emergency medical response is time-sensitive, and delays in locating the patient, assigning an ambulance, and coordinating with a receiving hospital can directly affect patient outcomes. This paper presents RAAH Connect, an integrated emergency ambulance response, tracking, and hospital coordination prototype. The system comprises four purpose-built components: a Patient Android application (Kotlin/Jetpack Compose) for SOS initiation and real-time ambulance tracking on a live map; a Driver Android application (Kotlin/Jetpack Compose) for emergency offer management, step-by-step dispatch workflow, foreground GPS telemetry, and siren-alert notifications; a Dispatcher web dashboard (React 19/TypeScript/Vite) for fleet monitoring, emergency coordination, and hub management; and a trusted server-authoritative backend of Firebase Cloud Functions (Node.js) that handles nearest-driver ranking, atomic claim/decline transactions, and cascade dispatch. Google Firebase (Firestore, Realtime Database, Authentication, Cloud Messaging) provides the shared cloud data layer. The prototype demonstrates an end-to-end emergency workflow from patient SOS to ambulance arrival and hospital coordination in a single integrated digital system. System limitations and directions for future work are discussed.},
      keywords = {Ambulance Tracking; Android; Cloud Functions; Emergency Dispatch; Emergency Medical Services; Firebase; Foreground Service; Hospital Coordination; Jetpack Compose; Location-Based Services; React; Real-Time Database},
      month = {October},
  }