A review of telemedicine solutions to acute care in the pre-hospital setting

Pre-hospital acute healthcare is the provision of emergent healthcare outside of a hospital or clinical environment where resources or access to tertiary care may be forthcoming, delayed or non-existent. Telemedicine has been shown to be effective in improving the management of emergencies in pre-hospital care. The potential to: 1) facilitate the avoidance of unnecessary emergency transport, 2) improve patient care in the hospital, and 3) …