Internet of Things (IOT) Based Ambulance Tracking System Using GPS and GSM Modules

Heavy traffic has always been a problem, especially in populated parts of the world i.e. countries like India. So these countries are among the worst affected by traffic jams. This leads to quite a few problems in the daily lives and services provided to them and by the people of these regions. The most affected are the paramedic services. The mortality rate of patients who can be cured with on-time treatments is increasing annually, all because of rush-hour traffic and are unable to take the patients to the hospitals in the required time frame. This project aims to solve and at the least decrease the rate of this problem, using Internet of Things (IoT) technology. Each ambulance will be equipped with GPS and GSM modem which in case of emergency will send its GPS coordinates to the cloud server, which will then mark the shortest distance from its present location to the hospital via the place from where the emergency call has been raised. The components used for this project are GSM Module SIM900A along with Arduino UNO and Cloud computing. The data from the modules will be stored in a cloud server from where the paramedic officials can access it using a unique ID and password that will be issued to them on the integration of this system into the infrastructure. A fourth signal, to be controlled by the Arduino module, is to be implemented in the traffic lighting system. This project is aimed to be a comprehensive solution for emergency services in the region’s most-affected by gridlocks.