A device like this one already exists, and is in common use. Couple your average cell phone (after calling madical control at the ED) with a LIFEPAK 12 (which uses a pc card modem) and poof, you have the same package for $25,000.
I do this all the time as an EMT and there is always a team of Nurses and Doctors waiting for me as I roll into the trauma room, as I have called ahead and told/showed them what I have.
On a side note, I like the idea of taking the ED to the people, and the USDOT is working on making a standard for a "super paramedic", which like a PA has a bachalor's degree and can suture, write prescriptions for anti-biotics, etc.
So, why should a commercial ambualnce company, in the buiness to make money, spend $250,000 on something they already have? No reason at all, old news..
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I do this all the time as an EMT and there is always a team of Nurses and Doctors waiting for me as I roll into the trauma room, as I have called ahead and told/showed them what I have.
On a side note, I like the idea of taking the ED to the people, and the USDOT is working on making a standard for a "super paramedic", which like a PA has a bachalor's degree and can suture, write prescriptions for anti-biotics, etc.
So, why should a commercial ambualnce company, in the buiness to make money, spend $250,000 on something they already have? No reason at all, old news..