Title :
TraumaStation: A portable telemedicine station
Author :
Rizou, Despoina ; Sachpazidis, Ilias ; Salvatore, Luca ; Sakas, Georgios
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer IGD, Darmstadt, Germany
Abstract :
TraumaStation is a portable medical device which covers the mobility of the medical doctors as well as integrates the diversity of telemedicine devices. Many portable telemedicine devices has been developed the last years in order to help patients in remote areas or in emergency situations. The medical TraumaStation is a light portable tele-medical first-aid device, which provides the physicians with an ultrasound, electrocardiogram, blood pressure, oxygen meter apparatus all in a suitcase. In addition, the portable device is equipped with all available telecommunication gateways (e.g. GSM, UMTS, ISDN, DSL, Satellite) providing a great communication convenience to the physicians utilizing XMMP instant messaging protocols and real time video conference.
Keywords :
biomedical telemetry; biomedical ultrasonics; electrocardiography; first aid; telemedicine; DSL; GSM; ISDN; TraumaStation; UMTS; XMMP instant messaging protocols; blood pressure; electrocardiogram; light portable first-aid device; oxygen meter apparatus; portable telemedical device; portable telemedicine station; real time video conference; satellite; telecommunication gateways; ultrasound; DICOM; Instant messages; Portable; SCP-ECG; Telemedicine; Biomedical Engineering; Computer Communication Networks; Emergency Medical Services; Humans; Remote Consultation; Satellite Communications; Software; Telecommunications; Telemedicine; Videoconferencing;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2009. EMBC 2009. Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3296-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333908
