Ambulance 12-lead Electrocardiography transmission via cell phone technology to cardiologists

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 910-915

  Hsieh, Jui Chien ^a   Lin, Bo Xuan ^a   Wu, Feng Ren ^a,b   Chang, Pei Chann ^a   Tsuei, Yi Wei ^b   Yang, Chung Chi ^b  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAOYUAN ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ambulance 12 lead ECG information system; prehospital diagnoses

Indexed keywords

CELL PHONE; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINES; E-TECHNOLOGY; ECG NOISE; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE; MOBILE TELEPHONE NETWORKS; PHILLIPS; PREHOSPITAL DIAGNOSES;

AMBULANCES; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MARKUP LANGUAGES; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MOBILE PHONES; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE CIRCUITS; TELEPHONE SETS;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; TAIWAN; TELEMEDICINE; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

AMBULANCES; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIOLOGY; CELLULAR PHONE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; TAIWAN; TELEMEDICINE; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77958464421     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2010.0034     Document Type: Article

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