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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."
It depends. If it means that you can get a patient treated faster, it can actually save on medical time later treating complications etc.
And to be honest, physicians don't WANT paramedics bothering them at the emergency department for every incoming patient.
I don't know what kind of ERs you deal with, but I'm usually very unhappy if a squad is inbound with a really sick patient and they DON'T call. That call gives me extremely valuable prep time, like calling for the difficult airway cart, getting my monster 8.5F subclavian trauma introducer ready, or opening a chest tube tray. If they just "roll in the door" with a pregnant-with-twins-and-seizing patient and they didn't call (and they weren't right around the corner), I guarantee we'd have a discussion/teaching session out in the ambulance bay.
Otherwise, very little in your post to argue with.
Even if a man chops off your hand with a sword, you still have two nice, sharp bones to stick in his eyes.