Remote real-time supervision of prehospital point-of-care ultrasound: a feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although prehospital point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is gaining in importance, its rapid interpretation remains challenging in prehospital emergency situations. The technical development of remote real-time supervision potentially offers the possibility to support emergency medicine providers during prehospital emergency ultrasound. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of live data transmission and supervision of prehospital POCUS in an urban environment and so to improve patients' safety.

Methods

Emergency doctors with moderate ultrasound experience performed prehospital POCUS in emergency cases (n = 24) such as trauma, acute dyspnea or cardiac shock using the portable ultrasound device Lumify™. The ultrasound examination was remotely transmitted

SUBMITTER: Hermann M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8944068 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature