Tele-trauma and Tele-presence Resuscitation in Rural America: Southern Arizona Experience
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2005-04-07
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Presented at Med-e-tel 2005 Conference in Luxembourg.
Abstract
Consultations as eHealth Key Factor: Establishing trauma systems to cover, not only the urban areas, but entire
rural regions is a goal of many countries around the world, but achieving this
goal is not an easy task and requires major resources, and knowledge.
Therefore, there is a need for distance learning or virtual trauma education
programs that will prepare regions and countries for implementation of
trauma systems, as well as management of potential large scale bioterrorism
and disasters. The use of telemedicine is long-standing, but only recently has
been applied to the specialties of trauma, emergency care, and surgery.
Subsequently the concepts of teletrauma, telelpresence, and telesurgery have
evolved and are being integrated into modern care of trauma and surgical
patients. This presentation will review the current applications of Teletrauma
at the Southern Arizona Teletrauma and Telepresence Program in rural
Arizona, USA and future endeavors of telemedicine and telelpresence in
trauma and emergency care as the new frontiers of telemedicine application.
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This presentation was given by Dr. R. Latifi at the Med-e-tel 2005 Conference in Luxembourg on April 7th, 2005.
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Telehealth, Emergency Medicine, United States, Education