Category: Informative articles

48 – North East Ambulance Service to extend telemedicine trial

“North East Ambulance Service to extend telemedicine trial”

About: Article explaining that a telemedicine trial in England for the North East Ambulance Service has been extended. During 2022 ambulance personnel will be able to video call stroke units directly to assess the patients visually to decide if the patient needs to proceed to the stroke unit or can be seen at the emergency department instead.

URL: https://www.digitalhealth.net/2022/07/north-east-ambulance-service-telemedicine/

Language: English

Publication date: 2022-07-28

Trial in England.

47 – East of England NHS ambulance trust first to pilot new technology

“East of England NHS ambulance trust first to pilot new technology”

About: Article about a new technology that a NHS ambulance trust in England will be first to pilot. This technology, called Hybrid Connex, will enable ambulances to always have a stable connection and thereby serve in favor of video triage that can be more reliable in all areas, regardless of the connection in the area of the scene.

URL: https://www.digitalhealth.net/2023/03/east-of-england-nhs-ambulance-trust-first-to-pilot-new-technology/

Language: English

Publication date: 2023-03-27

Project in England.

46 – Vuzix tries out smart glasses for emergency medical care in Japan

“Vuzix tries out smart glasses for emergency medical care in Japan”

About: Article describing that Smart Glasses is a new tool used in ambulances in Japan to enable two-way audio and video communication with doctors and nurses in the hospitals. The goal of the trial is to shorten the decision-making process and decide on preliminary treatments for the patients before their arrival at the hospital.

URL: https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/asia/vuzix-tries-out-smart-glasses-emergency-medical-care-japan

Language: English

Publication date: 2022-08-17

Trial in Japan.

44 – Israeli Paramedics Evaluated on Video-Call Assessment and Treatment Abilities

“Israeli Paramedics Evaluated on Video-Call Assessment and Treatment Abilities”

About: Article explaining the work of Israel’s National Emergency Medical Services where emergency call center dispatchers now are able to receive live videos from the scene from bystanders’ smartphones. It is also described how the video call could be allowed en route to the scene in the ambulance to give the paramedics a chance to begin their assessment.

URL: https://www.jems.com/patient-care/israeli-paramedics-evaluated-on-video-call-assessment-and-treatment-abilities/

Language: English

Publication date: 2022-09-16

42 – Digital interaction in the patient process – Prehospital decision support

“Digital interaction in the patient process – Prehospital decision support”

About: An article which explains how the Jodapro solution (head camera) was developed during a project in Norway for facilitating communication between ambulance staff and in-hospital doctors. This was part of the PreViS project.

URL: https://previs.no/article.php?id=2

Language: English

Publication date: 2022-09-11

Project in Norway.

30 – Paramedics try out Google Glass in ambulances

“Paramedics try out Google Glass in ambulances”

About: Article about the potential of Google Glass’ to allow paramedics to transmit live video and audio from an ambulance to a doctor in an emergency room. This will give the paramedics an extra pair of eyes to help the ambulance staff with diagnosis support and treatment that can be done in the ambulance. This is much cheaper and portable than other videoconferencing equipments.

URL: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/paramedics-try-out-google-glass-in-ambulances/

Language: English

Publication date: 2014-08-12

19 – Government plans to put calls by emergency services on mobile networks

“Government plans to put calls by emergency services on mobile networks”

About: Article about the fact that the UK government wants to put emergency calls on the same mobile network as the public (new 4G technology). They believe that this new faster network could be used to stream videos live from the ambulance to inform the doctors in the hospital and get diagnosis support early on.

URL: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/mar/09/government-plans-emergency-services-calls-mobile-networks

Language: English

Publication date: 2014-03-09

12 – Teknik på ett helt nytt sätt kan rädda liv på distans

“Teknik på ett helt nytt sätt kan rädda liv på distans”

About: Article about a new project called “Livräddning på distans” where the idea is to teach people to use telemedicine without being a nurse. For example at a constructor site if someone gets injured and you call for an ambulance, then you can by video get assisted by the ambulance staff to perform certain life saving efforts. This will be a way to get help to the patient faster and video is a great way to do that.

Om: En artikel om ett nytt projekt som kallas “Livräddning på distans” där idén är att man vill utbilda människor i hur telemedicin kan användas utan att man är en sjuksköterska. Till exempel på en byggarbetsplats om någon blir skadad och man då ringer efter ambulans, då kan man bli assisterad via video och få hjälp med att utföra livräddning av ambulanspersonalen. Detta är ett sätt att ge vård till patienten snabbare och då är video ett bra hjälpmedel för detta.

URL: https://www.iperspektiv.se/artiklar/2021-02-23-teknik-pa-ett-helt-nytt-satt-kan-radda-liv-pa-distans

Language: Swedish

Publication date: 2021-02-23

38 – 5G robotic glove could diagnose patients before they reach A&E

“5G robotic glove could diagnose patients before they reach A&E”

About: Article about the testing of a new technology called robotic glove. This will be used by paramedics in the ambulance and the glove will be controlled by a physician in the hospital via a 5G network enabling the paramedic to perform an ultrasound. Video cameras in the ceiling will also stream live video to the hospital to make the exam of the patient easier.

URL: https://www.digitalhealth.net/2019/06/5g-robotic-glove-diagnose-patients/

Language: English

Publication date: 2019-06-27

37 – 5 pros and cons of cameras in ambulances

“5 pros and cons of cameras in ambulances”

About: Debate article where the author is debating for cameras in ambulances. He lists the pros and cons and discusses around the problems and possibilities. Above all he explains how it can be used for protecting ems employees of false allegations.

URL: https://www.ems1.com/ems-products/cameras-video/articles/5-pros-and-cons-of-cameras-in-ambulances-RSr5VKurzS88RiUF/

Language: English

Publication date: 2014-09-10