International Journal of Scientific and Technological Research www.iiste.org ISSN 2422-8702 (Online) Vol 4, No.8, 2018 47 | Page www.iiste.org A Centralized Emergency Room Patient Tracking System for Intelligent Cities Hilal Bucan Computer Engineering Department, Dokuz Eylul University Tinaztepe Campus, Buca 35160, Turkey E-mail: hilal.bucan@ceng.deu.edu.tr Hakan Dalkilic Computer Engineering Department, Dokuz Eylul University Tinaztepe Campus, Buca 35160, Turkey E-mail: hakan.dalkilic@ceng.deu.edu.tr Semih Utku (Corresponding author) Computer Engineering Department, Dokuz Eylul University Tinaztepe Campus, Buca 35160, Turkey E-mail: semih@cs.deu.edu.tr Mehmet Hilal Ozcanhan Computer Engineering Department, Dokuz Eylul University Tinaztepe Campus, Buca 35160, Turkey E-mail: hozcanhan@cs.deu.edu.tr Abstract Central tracking mechanisms play a vital role in the formation of intelligent cities, by providing fast information sharing, taking precautionary measures and remote intervention. In our study, a centralized system that will provide central tracking of drugs, personnel and patients inside the intelligent city emergency rooms is proposed. The information obtained through the designed pilot system by using RFID (UHF, HF) and iBeacon technologies is evaluated at a central server. The emergency rooms data is shared online with related doctors, nurses and authorized personnel. The details of the hardware and software design, experimentation, results and the performance evaluation have been presented. Keywords: Emergency, Embedded System, RFID, iBeacon, NFC. 1. Introduction Severe and hemorrhagic health problems that occur outside the hospital are first intervened in hospital emergency services. Emergency health services also include the transport of the sick and injured to other hospitals when necessary (Yaşar et al. 2000). In our country and in the world, metropolitan emergency services have become special units where many problems coexist due to population density (Yaşar et al. 2000). Many resources are needed to increase the quality of service and standards in emergency services. Resources that should be consistently available in adequate supply include biomedical equipment, service area, assisting staff, and drug stock. It is unlikely that the emergency services will be completely trouble- free, given the diversity of resources mentioned. This is because the need for urgent intervention with multiple patients at the same time is a difficult situation to overcome with a limited number of resources (Söyük & Kurtuluş 2017). The competence of the intervention staff, the timely and correct implementation of the first intervention, and the availability of the equipment and drugs to be used play a major role in obtaining positive results. In short, all living and non-living resources involved in the intervention need to work at the same time, accurately and precisely. Otherwise, any disruption in emergency services places the life of the patient in danger. Therefore, in order to maintain the quality of service provided, it is necessary to make preliminary preparations by considering the problems that may