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

4 – Sacred Heart Pediatric Telemedicine Ambulance

“Sacred Heart Pediatric Telemedicine Ambulance”

About: Video coverage of a little girl who got sick a few weeks ago and had to be transported to the Sacred heart children’s hospital with an ambulance. Usually it’s scary for children to ride an ambulance but with new technology from swyMed she could see and talk to the doctor in the ambulance via a video camera. The ambulance staff could also get a video consultation from the in-hospital pediatrician to receive support in diagnosing and an extra pair of eyes on monitoring the child.

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5tdkpLb9z4

Language: English

Publication date: 2015-05-15

3 – Emergency Telemedicine with TransportAV by GlobalMed

“Emergency Telemedicine with TransportAV by GlobalMed”

About: Video coverage of the use of video cameras (by GlobalMed Virtual Health Solutions) in ambulances to enable video consultation with in-hospital physicians. The additional video function will help the paramedics to choose whether they have to rush the patient to the hospital or not.

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxl9j-pQs_s

Language: English

Publication date: 2010-12-01

1 – Super Ambulance Emergency Telemedicine Doctors and Paramedics

“Super Ambulance Emergency Telemedicine Doctors and Paramedics”

About: Video coverage of the new so called Super Ambulances that has been tested in Texas, Florida and Colorado. The Super Ambulances enables video consultation with in-hospital doctors far away by placing video cameras in the ambulance and on the head of the paramedics. It was developed by the US Army, Texas A&M University and Houston Medschool for battlefield emergencies such as a hurricane. This was part of the DREAMS project.

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kERGNiNHpH8

Language: English

Publication date: 2013-01-16