“Do Video Calls Improve Dispatcher-Assisted First Aid for Infants with Foreign Body Airway Obstruction? A Randomized Controlled Trial/Simulation Study”
About: An interventional study performed to assess if video calls could improve the results of foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO) by bystanders on infants. One group in the study got to perform first aid with video call and one group with audio call, which were both instructed by the medical emergency dispatcher.
URL: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jnms/89/5/89_JNMS.2022_89-513/_article/-char/ja/
Language: English
Publication date: 2022
Study performed in Japan.
“Preliminary study of prehospital use of smart glasses”
About: An investigation that was conducted to examine the use of smart glasses for bidirectional communication of video and audio between an ambulance and a hospital.
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36330311/
Language: English
Publication date: 2022-11-01
Study performed in Japan.
“Real-time video communication between ambulance paramedic and scene – a simulation-based study”
About: A study performed to assess the possibilities of real-time communication using video between paramedics and bystanders at scenes of emergencies. The study involves a simulation to assess the possibilities.
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35978429/
Language: English
Publication date: 2022-08-17
Study performed in Israel.
“Telemedicine Can Replace the Neurologist on a Mobile Stroke Unit”
About: Research article about a comparative study where one group of stroke patients in a mobile stroke unit was examined by an onboard neurologist while the other group was examined via a telemedicine neurologist (audio and video). It was found that a telemedicine neurologist gave a reliable and accurate assessment of the stroke patient.
URL: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.015363
Language: English
Publication date: 2017-01-12
“Comparison of physician staffed emergency teams with paramedic teams assisted by telemedicine – a randomized, controlled simulation study”
About: A cohort study in Germany which aimed to compare a group where paramedics were assisted by an EMS physician via telemedicin and a group where the EMS physician was not remote. The telemedical functions included video streaming.
URL: https://www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300-9572(12)00314-0/fulltext
Language: English
Publication date: 2012-07-03
“Emergency Telemedicine Mobile Ultrasounds Using a 5G-Enabled Application: Development and Usability Study”
About: Study that investigates the use of a 5G application which enables streaming of audio, video and ultrasound transmission from the ambulance to a hospital.
URL: https://formative.jmir.org/2022/5/e36824
Language: English
Publication date: English
Study performed in Germany.
“Outcomes from a Comprehensive Stroke Telemedicine Program”
About: A case study to compare telephone, face-to-face and telemedicine (audio-video communication between a stroke specialist and a remote party like a paramedic) to examine stroke patients.
URL: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/epdf/10.1089/tmj.2007.0062
Language: English
Publication date: 2008-05-20
“Implementation phase of a multicentre prehospital telemedicine system to support paramedics: feasibility and possible limitations”
About: Article about a study in Germany where a telemedicine system, including audio and video streaming, was implemented in ambulances with paramedics to test the feasibility and limitations.
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1757-7241-21-54
Language: English
Publication date: 2013-07-11
Study performed in Germany.
“Live video from bystanders’ smartphones to medical dispatchers in real emergencies”
About: Article about an intervention study in Denmark where the GoodSAM app was used by bystander’s to add live video streaming to emergency calls to help the EMS dispatcher make a better assessment of the injuries.
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12873-021-00493-5
Language: English
Publication date: 2021-09-06
Study performed in Denmark.
“Telehealth Impact on Primary Care Related Ambulance Transports”
About: A cohort study which investigated the development and impact of tele-consultations before ambulance transports to determine if the patient needed ambulance transportation. It was found that these consultations may address unnecessary ambulance transports and thereby reducing EMS costs.
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10903127.2019.1568650
Language: English
Publication date: 2019-02-08
Study performed in America.
