13 – iTREAT – Tablets to Improve Pre-Hospital Stroke Care

“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

1 – A Secure Mobile Multimedia System to Assist Emergency Response Teams

“A Secure Mobile Multimedia System to Assist Emergency Response Teams”

About: A paper that describes a mobile emergency system including real-time video to improve the readiness of in-hospital staff to reduce mortality in rural areas of Canada. Since great distances often lead to long wait times this system could prepare the staff at the hospital during the transportation of the patient.

URL: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/tmj.2007.0059

Language: English

Publication date: 2008-08-26

Study performed in Canada.

18 – Shortening time to stroke treatment using ambulance telemedicine: TeleBAT…

“Shortening time to stroke treatment using ambulance telemedicine: TeleBAT”

About: A cohort study to examine the difference between the control group with patients who had stroke evaluated and treated with rt-PA on arrival to the emergency department while the intervention group patients were evaluated in the ambulance by transmitting a video that was assessed by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke training videotape.

URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1052305704000357

Language: English

Publication date: 2004-03-04

Study performed in America.

15 – Development of an Emergency Medical Video Multiplexing Transport System (EMTS)…

“Development of an Emergency Medical Video Multiplexing Transport System (EMTS): Aiming at the Nation-Wide Prehospital Care in Ambulance”

About: A study in Japan to test a EMTS (Emergency Medical Video Multiplexing Transport System) which should enable real-time video transmission from the ambulance to the emergency department at the hospital to assist the paramedics and to prepare the doctors at the hospital.

URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1022522810200

Language: English

Publication date: 2003-06-01

Study performed in Japan.

11 – A low-cost, tablet-based option for prehospital neurologic assessment…

“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.

10 – Mobile Telestroke During Ambulance Transport Is Feasible…

“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.