21 – EMS agencies using Telehealth to avoid unnecessary hospital visits for patients

“EMS agencies using Telehealth to avoid unnecessary hospital visits for patients”

About: Video coverage where it is described how video consultation is now used to assess whether a patient needs to be brought to the hospital by the ambulance or if they can stay at home. This is to avoid unnecessary transports to the hospital and shorten the waiting times.

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k3xJ3lfWt4

Language: English

Publication date: 2022-10-26

19 – Telemedicine in ambulances

“Telemedicine in ambulances”

About: Video coverage showcasing how new technology is used to enable video consultation between the ambulance and in-hospital doctors. The camera is installed in the ambulance and a screen shows what is being filmed as well as the doctors on the other line.

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA6aolQ_AsY

Language: English

Publication date: 2023-03-21

18 – Hawaii doctors use ambulance-based telehealth to speed up response in stroke cases

“Hawaii doctors use ambulance-based telehealth to speed up response in stroke cases”

About: Video coverage about the use of video consultation in Hawaii for a male suffering from a stroke. The coverage explains how the video call from the ambulance to a doctor got the patient to the right facility directly where he could get fast treatment.

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92GxPLCYqJQ

Language: English

Publication date: 2023-05-26

2 – Telemedicine now an option on McKinney ambulances

“Telemedicine now an option on McKinney ambulances”

About: Article about how telemedicine (video conferencing) has been implemented in McKinney ambulances in Texas due to Covid-19. Paramedics are now able to consult via video stream with a doctor to determine if the patient needs to go to the hospital or what kind of care they need. Video coverage is included in the article.

URL: https://www.fox4news.com/news/telemedicine-now-an-option-on-mckinney-ambulances

Language: English

Publication date: 2021-11-12

7 – Paramedics now using Telemedicine

“Paramedics now using Telemedicine”

About: During the pandemic the Hippo Health app was used by paramedics en route in the ambulance to an emergency caller to maybe avoid the spread of the corona virus if the patient didn’t need to go to the hospital. This is a video coverage showing how the app was used to have video consultations with the 911 caller so that the paramedics could assess if the patient might have corona and if they needed transportation to a hospital or if they could stay at home.

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgebV5dzDzE

Language: English

Publication date: 2020-04-02

5 – swyMed Mobile Video Telemedicine Equipment Provides Ambulance Connectivity in Rural Texas

“swyMed Mobile Video Telemedicine Equipment Provides Ambulance Connectivity in Rural Texas”

About: Video coverage of a pilot project in Texas where swyMed video equipment has been installed in ambulances to provide better ambulance connectivity to the hospital in the rural parts of Texas. This will ensure that patients all over the state gets transported to the right hospital since the doctors can assess and diagnose them during the transportation.

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDBiiioMWDc&t=136s

Language: English

Publication date: 2017-12-06