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Preliminary evaluation of the use of a CDMA-based emergency telemedicine system
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- Authors
- Issue Date
- 2007-01-18
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Medicine
- Citation
- J Telemed Telecare. 2006;12(8):422-7.
- Keywords
- Cellular Phone/utilization ; Emergency Medical Services/standards ; Emergency Medicine/*standards ; Equipment Design ; Feasibility Studies ; Humans ; Remote Consultation/*methods
- Abstract
- We have conducted a preliminary evaluation of the use of a code division multiple access (CDMA)-based emergency telemedicine system to be used by emergency rescuers providing first-aid treatment for patients. The prototype system included five instrumentation modules for measuring non-invasive arterial blood pressure (NIBP), arterial oxygen saturation (SpO(2)), six-channel electrocardiogram (ECG), blood glucose concentration and body temperature. The patient data were transferred to a doctor's PC through CDMA and TCP/IP networks using an embedded personal digital assistant (PDA) phone. Performance tests in the laboratory showed that the system provided reliable values with error ranges within +/-1% for heart rate, +/-5 mmHg for NIBP, +/-2% for SpO(2) and +/-1% for glucose. The feasibility of the prototype system was then evaluated with 15 real emergency patients on Jeju Island over a two-month period. Measured data were transmitted from a moving ambulance to the emergency medical centre without significant CDMA connection loss or transmission errors. The average transfer time was 8 min. Four emergency doctors and 11 rescuers completed a questionnaire. There were favourable reviews from the users.
- ISSN
- 1357-633X (Print)
- Language
- English
- URI
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17227609
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/18297
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