The effectiveness of video-telemedicine for screening of patients requesting emergency air medical transport (EAMT)

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 504-511

  Tsai, Shin Han ^a   Kraus, Jess ^b   Wu, Hsueh Ru ^a   Chen, Wan Lin ^a,c   Chiang, Ming Fu ^d   Lu, Li Hua ^e   Chang, Chia En ^a   Chiu, Wen Ta ^a,f  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c St Mary's Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e TUNGS' TAICHUNG METROHARBOR HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Emergency air medical transport; Helicopter; Physician triage; Remote island; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TAIWAN; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR AMBULANCES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; TELEMEDICINE; TRIAGE;

EID: 33846965562     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000219285.08974.45     Document Type: Article

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