Telebation: Next-generation telemedicine in remote airway management using current wireless technologies

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 95-98

  Mosier, Jarrod ^a   Joseph, Bellal ^a   Sakles, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Technology; Telehealth; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

INTERNET TELEPHONY; MEDICAL COMPUTING; QUALITY CONTROL; SOUND REPRODUCTION; TECHNOLOGY; VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WI-FI; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; REMOTE TELEMEDICINE; TELEHEALTH; THIRD GENERATION (3G); VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL; WI FI NETWORKS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

TELEMEDICINE;

COMPUTER PROGRAM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MOBILE PHONE; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; TELEMEDICINE; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CELL PHONES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; QUALITY CONTROL; SOFTWARE; TELEMEDICINE; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84891658230     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2012.0093     Document Type: Article

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