Websites and other articles online regarding video technology within prehospital emergency care are presented here.
About: English ambulances do now have CCTV systems installed. The cameras that are installed inside and on the ambulances record everything and store it. This is meant to increase the safety of the personnel and work as evidence in case anything threatening or so happens. The video can also be sent in real-time to a control room to enable protective measures to be taken.
Language: English
About: News that the Welsh Ambulance Services Trust now uses video consultation software. The staff at the Emergency Operations Center can ask if the emergency caller would like to participate in a video consultation to improve the assessment. The video is not recorded but only live-streamed.
URL: https://ambulance.nhs.wales/use-of-site/privacy-policy/ecns-video-consultations-privacy-notice/
Language: English
About: Telemedicine in Motion: EMS is a new program designed to provide telemedicine services to EMS agencies throughout the state of South Dakota. Agencies who participate will be able to install an iPad in the back of their ambulance and use the tool to call Avel eCare’s emergency medicine experts to get a video consultation.
URL: https://doh.sd.gov/providers/ruralhealth/EMS/initiatives/
Language: English
Publication date: 2023-05
About: Article which describes the newly developed 5G Connected Ambulances in the Netherlands. The 5G connection enables video consultation from the ambulance with doctors to prepare them for incoming patients and to guide the ambulance staff in treatment etc. The 5G connected ambulance also enables live transmission of ultrasound to the doctors at the hospital. The article also includes a demonstration video.
URL: https://www.vodafoneziggo.nl/en/verhalen/connected-ambulance-video-calling-doctor/
Language: English
Publication date: 2023-02
About: Summary of the project PreViS (that this knowledgebase is part of) that ended in September 2022. The aim of the project was to test video consultation between ambulance personnel and physicians to assess which care level that was best suited for the patient. The article also describes the main events of the conference that was held in Gothenburg at the end of the project.
Om: Summering av projektet PreViS (som denna kunskapsbas är en del av) som var klart i september 2022. Målet med projektet var att testa videokonsultation mellan ambulanspersonal och doktorer för att bedöma vilken vårdnivå som var bäst lämpad för patienten. Artikeln beskriver också den slutkonferens som hölls i Göteborg.
URL: https://picta.lindholmen.se/sv/projekt/previs-prehospital-video-i-samverkan
Language: Swedish
Publication date: 2022
About: Website about the Norwegian company Bliksund which provides different services for health care in ambulances, for example, electronic patient records and real-time video solutions.
URL: https://bliksund.com/ambulance-services
Language: English
About: Website about HoloLens which is Microsoft’s Smart Glasses which can be used to call someone with video included. For example it is explained how this can be used for remote consultation with experts. For example, ambulance staff can wear the glasses during a dispatch and call a physician to get consultation.
URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens/industry-healthcare
Language: English
About: Thread on Reddit about if paramedics and EMTs in the US have video cameras in the ambulance.
URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/ems/comments/a5j9df/any_us_ambulance_services_using_cameras/
Language: English
Publication date: 2018-12-12
About: Thesis that investigates the potential of a new, richer 3D-video technology, that is; 3D telepresence technology for medical consultation in prehospital situations.
URL: https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:877048/FULLTEXT01.pdf
Language: English
Publication year: 2013
About: Article about a new project where the ambulances in Texas will be equipped with video cameras to enable consultation with in-hospital doctors on the way to the hospital. Many people live in the rural parts of Texas where it could take 30-90 minutes to get to the hospital. This will be a way to prepare the hospital, save time and offer help to the paramedics to treat the patient in the ambulance if needed.
Language: English
Publication date: 2017-10-31
