Deployable Telemedicine Kits Assist First-Responders

Transportable telemedicine equipment kits will aid rescue teams at disaster sites by linking victims to immediate emergency care.

The new telemedicine kits include the AMD-2500s general examination camera, the AMD-3550 smartsteth digital electronic stethoscope, the AMD-2015 ENT/Otoscope, the AMD-3920 digital spirometer, the AMD-2020 Direct Opthalmoscope, AMD-5500 SmartProbe ultrasound, the AMD-3875 12 lead interpretive ECG for PC, and the AMD image management system, a software program to organize individual patients, conditions, and screenshots while at the emergency scene.

Using the various components of the kit, healthcare providers in the field have the ability to send images of inner ear, nose, and throat (ENT) damage, trauma to extremities, soft tissue injuries, captured ultrasound images, electrocardiograms, digital lung capacity reports, and heart or lung sounds. More...