Mediante el uso de microondas se pueden detectar latidos únicos del corazón. Los socorristas a menudo denominan a la ventana de tiempo en la que el rescate de una víctima aumenta enormemente sus posibilidades de supervivencia como la hora dorada. Un radar de microondas de baja potencia se usa para detectar pequeños movimientos, desde respirar hasta el latido del corazón de una víctima enterrada.
Saving time saves lives
Quickly detecting victims buried under rubble or other debris greatly increases their chances of rescue and survival. This is especially true in situations where there are multiple rubble piles or masses of debris. The ability to rapidly assess whether there are survivors at a particular site allows first responders to target their efforts and save more lives.
During these types of search and rescue scenarios, responders are looking for the “holy grail”—a tool that will allow responders to walk down a street after an earthquake or tornado, look at a leveled building and quickly determine whether anyone alive is trapped within the rubble.
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), in partnership with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is developing one such technology: Finding Individuals for Disaster and Emergency Response or FINDER.
Fuente: https://www.dhs.gov
