“EXCITING NEW EMS INITIATIVES”
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
“Reimagine emergency care with 5G Connected Ambulance”
About: Video coverage of the new 5G connected ambulances in India which will enable telemedicine. For example, live video consultation with remote doctors will be possible enabling treatment and diagnosis faster.
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUKtCwUfDM4
Language: English
Publication date: 2022-04-28
About: Post by Deepak Jha describing the new ambulances that can be connected to 5G. This enables several telemedicine solutions including live video consultation with ER doctors at the hospital.
URL: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7034256351786610688-UJSh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Language: English
Publication date: 2023-06-16
About: Post by Caroline Bloch who is describing South Dakota’s new “Telemedicine in Motion” Program which enables video conferencing between the ambulance and nurses or doctors at the hospitals. During long transports to the hospital in South Dakota this new technology helps the ambulance staff with possible treatments and prepares the hospital for the incoming patient to start treatment faster once arriving.
URL: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/spotlight-news-carolyn-bloch-7066754614842249216%3FtrackingId=BxL1Dk4rSjebcePXfyKxmQ%253D%253D/?trackingId=u9SzSRo2JHmZo%2Bfs6jH4Yg%3D%3D
Language: English
Publication date: 2023-05-23
About: Blog post describing the use of telemedicine in Bihar, India. This new technology enables video consultation from the ambulance with in-hospital doctors to improve patient care and start treatment sooner. The large population in India, as well as the traffic situation, leads to delayed medical interventions, where telemedicine can bridge the gap. It also enables transmission of other real-time patient data.
URL: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bliksund-as_hololens-2-in-ambulance-service-first-step-activity-6747165956084113408-fUuT
Language: English
Publication date: 2023-05-09
About: Post by Bliksund which is a Norwegian company providing electronic patient records and a real-time video system. The post states that HoloLens2 has been used in a innovation project in a first trial in an ambulance.
URL: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bliksund-as_hololens-2-in-ambulance-service-first-step-activity-6747165956084113408-fUuT
Language: English
Publication date: 2021
“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.
“Telemedicine-enabled ambulances and mobile stroke units for prehospital stroke management”
About: An article discussing different models of mobile stroke units and telemedicine-enabled ambulances to improve prehospital stroke management. Among other things, it is explained how audio-visual telemedicine can be added to ambulances for enabling video consultation with a neurologist.
URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1357633X211047744
Publication date: 2021-10-12
“Pre-hospital Triage Improvement for Ambulances via 5G Video and Vital Data Communication”
About: An article that describes what was found in completed 5G trials involving ambulance professionals. The trials showed that the decision making for the remotely based physician was more accurate and faster when using video-audio compliment and vital signs compared with audio-only communications.
URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10056656?casa_token=JQgpCUDRr6gAAAAA:ahNAvyh-c6vOTuXVEZ69z37f76ATKIS2FuBqbP0Gk2hPRgFpjsFkBX7jOkcPMlslQ9ljO5J3Fg
Language: English
Publication date: 2023-03-08
“A Smart Ambulance With Information System and Decision-Making Process for Enhancing Rescue Efficiency”
About: An article that describes a system that is part of a project in Thailand for improving the communication between staff at the scene, such as paramedics, and hospitals. Video streaming is described as one of the solutions enabling video consultation using smart glasses.
URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9983821?casa_token=l9iT_oJEV4IAAAAA:L6NE5-uqxpgIbE4wxES6FpfWMukdDPuDndTjdvk0lJvDig1JYIVOtDtUS_szZIQuxp-bFTYRBQ
Language: English
Publication date: 2022-12-13