Ambulances to Get Virtual Doctors On Board

nomrniceguy writes "Researchers are developing technology for ambulances to improve communications and perhaps more importantly, place virtual doctors inside in transit. A patient's vital signs and other data are beamed in real-time to the closest trauma center, where doctors can not only instruct paramedics in the field, but also prep a room to treat the critically injured once they arrive."

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Um.. this is called telemetry, and has been going

[Nurseman]

on since the 1980's. I am an ER nurse. The paramedics would hook the pateint up, and we could watch his heart rate and beat. We could talk to them , and relay treatment plans.