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By Harriette Halepis

Amazingly, the LifeGuard system has very little to do with pools of water, though it has a lot to do with saving lives. This GPS system was developed by NASA, and it aims to help keep the health of world explorers in check.

Foreign exploration is important for many different reasons, though health becomes a factor when explorers travel to remote locations. Changes in temperature and atmosphere can make exploration risky, which is why NASA decided to come up with a way of monitoring the vital signs of explorers.

The LifeGuard system is a small, lightweight, device that allows physicians based in North America to watch for an explorer’s heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, temperature, and other vital signs. If the system detects an abnormality, it will then sound an alert.

While the LifeGuard system is impressive, it is just a small part of a larger medical field called “Telemedicine.” This term applies to any form of medicine that relies upon a GPS tracking system (such as LifeGuard). While lifeguard is not available for individuals quite yet, there are other telemedicine systems that have been crafted for individual use.

The Vitaphone company has just launched a new handset that is able to record heart activity. This phone handset can simply be placed upon a person’s heart in order to record data. Once this data has been collected, the device then sends the information directly to a medical doctor (or emergency room).

The new phone by Vitaphone (“Cardio Phone”) will be the first phone ever created that can transmit life saving information to medical professionals without the use of wires and machines.

Not only is this technology mind-blowing, it will also help to save the lives of thousands of stroke and heart attack victims. The Cardio Phone is not available for individual consumers in North America yet, though consumers can expect to see the phone on the market within the near future.

Telemedicine promises to be a groundbreaking field. Monitoring the vital signs of explorers and sending heart information via phone to hospitals are just some of the first steps that have been made in this field. Keeping track and transmitting lifesaving information is certainly futuristic, but it’s a future that’s beginning to look a bit brighter.

What else can GPS tracking be used for? Will it be possible to stop accidents before they start and save people from waiting for an ambulance? As GPS technology expands, individuals can expect the world to become a safer place.