A novel emergency telemedicine system based on wireless communication technology - ambulance

Pavlopoulos, S; Kyriacou, E; Berler, A; Dembeyiotis, S; Koutsouris, D

dc.contributor.author	Pavlopoulos, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Kyriacou, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Berler, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Dembeyiotis, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Koutsouris, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:13:32Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:13:32Z
dc.date.issued	1998	en
dc.identifier.issn	10897771	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/12541
dc.subject	Ambulance	en
dc.subject	Emergency healthcare	en
dc.subject	Emergency telemedicine	en
dc.subject	GSM	en
dc.subject	Wireless communication	en
dc.title	A novel emergency telemedicine system based on wireless communication technology - ambulance	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1109/4233.737581	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/4233.737581	en
heal.publicationDate	1998	en
heal.abstract	Recent studies conclude that early and specialized prehospital management contributes to emergency case survival. We have developed a portable medical device that allows telediagnosis, long distance support, and teleconsultation of mobile healthcare providers by expert physicians. The device allows the transmission of vital biosignals and still images of the patient from the emergency site to the consultation site using the GSM mobile telephony network. The device can telematically bring"" an expert specialist doctor at the site of the medical emergency, allow him/her to evaluate patient data, and issue directions to the emergency personnel on treatment procedures until the patient is brought to the hospital. Legal reasons mandated the inclusion at the consultation site of a multimedia database able to store and manage the data collected by the system. The performance of the system has been validated in four different countries using a controlled medical protocol and a set of 100 patients per country treated has been collected and analyzed. © 1998 IEEE.	en
heal.journalName	IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1109/4233.737581	en
dc.identifier.volume	2	en
dc.identifier.issue	4	en
dc.identifier.spage	261	en
dc.identifier.epage	267	en