Do You See What i See? Insights from Using Google Glass for Disaster Telemedicine Triage

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 4-8

  Cicero, Mark X ^a   Walsh, Barbara ^b   Solad, Yauheni ^a   Whitfill, Travis ^a   Paesano, Geno ^a   Kim, Kristin ^a   Baum, Carl R ^a   Cone, David C ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allied health personnel; disasters; technology; telemedicine; triage

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTERNET; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SPECTACLES; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; CONNECTICUT; DISASTER PLANNING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EYEGLASSES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRIAGE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84938943785     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X1400140X     Document Type: Article

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