A smartphone app and cloud-based consultation system for burn injury emergency care

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Wallis, Lee A ^a   Fleming, Julian ^a   Hasselberg, Marie ^a,b   Laflamme, Lucie ^a,b,c   Lundin, Johan ^b,d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHILD; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; SMARTPHONE; WEB BROWSER; WOUND DRESSING; BURNS; CLOUD COMPUTING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; TELECONSULTATION; TEXT MESSAGING;

BODY SURFACE AREA; BURNS; CLOUD COMPUTING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SMARTPHONE; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84960454847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147253     Document Type: Article

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