QuickAid — Emergency Navigation App

QuickAid is an emergency navigation tool designed to help international students, newcomers, and residents quickly find the fastest and most appropriate emergency department (A&E) during a medical crisis.

Overview

QuickAid simplifies emergency healthcare by showing users:

Which hospitals can treat them
How long they might wait
Which route gives the fastest total time to be seen

It is built for people who are unfamiliar with the UK healthcare system — especially those confused by NHS, A&E, IHS, or private insurance rules.

Core Features

AI Emergency Locator

Shows nearby A&E departments, urgent care centres, and hospitals
Interactive map with essential info: address, opening hours, service type
Helps users quickly identify where care is available right now

Insurance & Access Filter

Select NHS / IHS (international student surcharge) / private insurance
QuickAid filters hospitals that accept your coverage
Prevents unexpected fees and helps newcomers understand their options

QuickRoute AI (Smart Hospital Ranking)

QuickRoute AI analyses each hospital's real-time situation (expected wait time, crowd level, current patient load) and recommends the hospital that minimises the total time until being seen — not necessarily the geographically nearest.

Example:

St Thomas’: 15 minutes travel, ~1 hour expected wait
Lewisham: 55 minutes travel, much shorter wait

QuickAid recommends St Thomas’ because the total time to be seen is shortest.

Safety Check Gate

On app start QuickAid runs a short safety triage asking about life‑threatening symptoms (chest pain, breathing difficulty, severe bleeding, sudden vision loss, etc.). If the user reports any of these, QuickAid immediately advises calling 999 or going to the nearest A&E.