A novel mobile telemedicine system for ambulance transport. Design and evaluation

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 IV, Issue , 2004, Pages 3080-3083

  Mandellos, G J ^a   Lymperopoulos, D K ^a   Koukias, M N ^a   Tzes, A ^c   Lazarou, N ^b   Vagianos, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ambulance; GIS; GPS; GSM; Telemedicine; Vital signs; Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AMBULANCES; BLOOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; HEALTH; HOSPITALS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; PATIENT TREATMENT; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BLOOD PRESSURE; MORBIDITY; PRE-HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; VITAL SIGNS;

TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 11144250910     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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