A Multifunctional Telemedicine System for Pre-hospital Emergency Medical Services

Sebastian Thelen (), Marie-Thérèse Schneiders, Daniel Schilberg and Sabina Jeschke
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Sebastian Thelen: RWTH Aachen University, IMA/ZLW & IfU
Marie-Thérèse Schneiders: RWTH Aachen University, IMA/ZLW & IfU
Daniel Schilberg: RWTH Aachen University, IMA/ZLW & IfU
Sabina Jeschke: RWTH Aachen University, IMA/ZLW & IfU

A chapter in Automation, Communication and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering 2013/2014, 2014, pp 161-172 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The paper presents the design and architecture of a multifunctional telemedicine system for real-time teleconsultation in pre-hospital emergency medical services (EMS). The application of telemedicine has shown to improve patient treatment quality and efficiency in various settings. Still, its use by pre-hospital EMS is lacking. Current technical, normative standards do not provide a sufficient framework in order to design a multifunctional telemedicine system for teleconsultation in pre-hospital EMS. Starting with a use-case driven requirements analysis, a telemedicine system usable in this setting is designed, realized and currently in use for evaluation by selected German EMS departments. This system uses commercial off-the-shelf medical devices, custom devices for communication and an individual system architecture, integrating the heterogeneous components as required by the defined use-cases.

Keywords: Telemedicine; Teleconsultation; EMS; System Architecture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-08816-7_14

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