The PSMA has been developed in line with specifications based upon the requirements of emergency medical practitioners from the so-called ‘SAMU, Centre Hospitalier Rosemond’ in French Guyana (SAMU is a French acronym for Emergency Medical Support Service) in cooperation with Cnes, the French Space Agency and the Thales Alenia Space company. This equipment has demonstrated its efficiency during a simulation of a crash in French Guyana upon request of the ‘SAMU’ of Guyana in cooperation with the regional administrative services and the fire department