“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
“iTREAT – Tablets to Improve Pre-Hospital Stroke Care”
About: Video where a professor of neurology explain how tablets can be used in the Pre-Hospital stroke care. This is a part of the iTREAT study which aimed to enable video conferencing from the ambulance to the hospital. The pros are discussed in the video, such as to make use of the time in the ambulance to assess the severity of the stroke.
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYiqS048dCg
Language: English
Publication date: 2016-05-06
“Time Gain Needed for In-Ambulance Telemedicine: Cost-Utility Model”
About: An observational study where standard stroke care is compared to stroke care complemented by in-ambulance-telemedicine where paramedics and neurologists can communicate via an audio-video system to develop a cost-effective model for in-ambulance-telemedicine.
URL: https://mhealth.jmir.org/2017/11/e175
Language: English
Publication date: 2017-11-24
“PreSSUB II: The prehospital stroke study at the Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel II”
About: A continuation of the pilot study PreSSUB where PreSSUB II instead evaluates the efficacy, safety, feasibility, reliability and cost-effectiveness of in-ambulance telemedicine for patients with suspicion of acute stroke.
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27847888/
Language: English
Publication date: 2015-06-30
Study performed in Belgium.
“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.
“A low-cost, tablet-based option for prehospital neurologic assessment: The iTREAT Study”
About: A two-center study of a low cost mobile platform (audio and video) that could be brought into ambulances and used by paramedics to evaluate possible stroke patients. This was done by comparing the assessment of the NIHSS score in one group who got face-to-face examination and one group that was examined in the ambulance via video transmission.
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27281534/
Language: English
Publication date: 2016-06-08
Study performed in America.
“Mobile Telestroke During Ambulance Transport Is Feasible in a Rural EMS Setting: The iTREAT Study”
About: A study of a low cost mobile platform (audio and video) that could be brought into ambulances and used by paramedics to evaluate possible stroke patients. The aim of the study was to examine whether the low cost setup performed according to the desired quality.
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26600433/
Language: English
Publication date: 2015-11-24
Study performed in America.
