“Study of prehospital video telehealth for callers with mental health-related complaints”
About: A prospective study that investigated and compared video telehealth with voice-only triage to determine the need for ambulance dispatch. The inclusion criterias in the study were adult 911 callers with non-urgent mental health concerns.
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36456169/
Language: English
Publication date: 2023-02
Study performed in Australia.
“TeleEMS: An EMS Telemedicine Pilot Program Barriers to Implementation”
About: A pilot study conducted to assess the use of telemedicine (audio and video communication between EMS personnel and physicians) to provide treatment in place for low-acuity conditions. The implementation barriers were in focus and the study found that these barriers include paramedic buy-in, technology limitations, and qualified physician resources among other things.
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36692384/
Language: English
Publication date: 2023-02-03
Study performed in America.
“Applications and User Perceptions of Smart Glasses in Emergency Medical Services: Semistructured Interview Study”
About: A study to investigate the potential of smart glasses in EMS settings. The study shows that smart glasses can improve teleconsultation between EMS personnel and the hospital by adding video to the consultation.
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35225816/
Language: English
Publication date: 2022-02-28
Study performed in America.
“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.
“Telenotarzt bald auch in Heinsberg und Düren”
About: Article about the expansion of the possibility of video consultation in Germany from the ambulance with doctors at the hospital.
URL: https://www.aachener-nachrichten.de/nrw-region/telenotarzt-bald-auch-in-heinsberg-und-dueren_aid-26878239
Language: German
Publication date: 2011-07-28
“Telenotarztsystem wird in NRW ausgebaut”
About: Article about that EMS in Nordrhein-Westfalen in Germany will, in 2022, have the possibility to contact the telejour at the hospital via video and audio streaming to have emergency doctors “on board” in the ambulance.
URL: https://www.aachener-nachrichten.de/nrw-region/telenotaerzte-in-ganz-nordrhein-westfalen_aid-48884393
Language: German
Publication date: 2020-02-11
“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
“Live video from ambulances could help doctors save lives”
About: Article which addresses the fact that live video streaming from the ambulance could help doctors at the hospital save lives. Via this video streaming the doctors can get an eye on the patient and consult the paramedics on what to do before the arrival to the hospital.
URL: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/live-video-from-ambulance-could-improve-patient-care-ckq8hh3st
Language: English
Publication date: 2018-06-08
“Video i ambulancer hjælper flere”
About: Article about a project where 10 ambulances were equipped with video cameras to enable video consultation with doctors at the hospital.
URL: https://www.information.dk/telegram/2011/10/video-ambulancer-hjaelper-flere
Language: Danish
Publication date: 2011-10-19
“Cabarrus County ambulances to be outfitted with telemedicine technology”
About: Article about new video technology that will be implemented in ambulances in Cabarrus County to help paramedics diagnose stroke patients with aid from the hospital.
URL: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2018/03/02/cabarrus-county-ambulances-to-be-outfitted-with-telemedicine-technology
Language: English
Publication date: 2018-03-03