Feasibility of ambulance-based telemedicine (fact) study: Safety, feasibility and reliability of third generation ambulance telemedicine

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Laetitia, Yperzeele ^a,b   Van Hooff, Robbert Jan ^a,b   De Smedt, Ann ^a,b   Alexis, Valenzuela Espinoza ^b   Van Rita, Dyck ^a   De Rohny, Van Casseye ^c   Andre, Convents ^b   Ives, Hubloue ^a,b   Door, Lauwaert ^a,b   De Jacques, Keyser ^a,b,d   Raf, Brouns ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c Flanders District of Creativity   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSGLYCEMIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTOXICATION; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PROGRAM FEASIBILITY; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SAFETY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; VASCULAR DISEASE; BELGIUM; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULANCES; BELGIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84908577209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110043     Document Type: Article

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