Telemedicine for Trauma, Emergencies, and Disaster Management
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Telemedicine for Trauma, Emergencies, and Disaster Management

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  1. 438 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Telemedicine for Trauma, Emergencies, and Disaster Management

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About this book

Telemedicine has evolved to become an important field of medicine and healthcare, involving everything from simple patient care to actual performance of operations at a distance. This groundbreaking volume addresses the complex technical and clinical development in the management of trauma, disaster, and emergency situations using telemedicine. The book explains how telemedicine and related technologies can be used to effectively handle a wide range of scenarios, from a situation as small as a car crash, to major disasters such as an earthquake. Professionals find critical discussions on the practicality, logistics, and safety of telemedicine from recognized experts in the field. From teleteaching and telemonitoring, to teletrauma and telesurgery, this authoritative book covers all the major aspects that practitioners need to understand in order to engage and utilize this burgeoning area of medicine.

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Publisher
Artech House
Year
2010
eBook ISBN
9781607839989
Edition
0
Topic
Medicine

Table of contents

  1. Telemedicine for Trauma, Emergencies, and Disaster Management
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. Introduction
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Chapter 1 Historical Notes on Telem edicine
  7. Chapter 2 Evolution of Telemedicine in the Space Program and Earth Applications
  8. Chapter 3 Trauma and Disasters as a Worldwide Problem: An Overview
  9. Chapter 4 Communication Technologies: An Overview of Telemedicine Connectivity
  10. Chapter 5 Videoconferencing as a Clinical Tool for Surgeons
  11. Chapter 6 Wireless Technologies: Potential Use in Emergencies and Disasters
  12. Chapter 7 Interactive Video Communication and Medical Telepresence and Their Role in Trauma, Emergencies, and Disaster Management
  13. Chapter 8 Telemedicine and Telesurgery in Remote Conditions
  14. Chapter 9 Monitoring and Support in Remote and Extreme Environments
  15. Chapter 10 Establishing Clinical Protocols and Standards: The Military Approach
  16. Chapter 11 Telemedicine in Extreme Conditions: Disasters, War, and Remote Sites
  17. Chapter 12 Operational Use of U.S. Army Telemedicine Information Systems in Iraq and Afghanistanā€”Considerations for NATO Operations
  18. Chapter 13 Telemedicine in Extreme Conditions Using a Low-Bandwidth Portable Satellite: The Amazon Swim Exp edition
  19. Chapter 14 Telehealth in Disaster Medicine and Humanitarian Assistance
  20. Chapter 15 Interhospital Telemedicine Practices
  21. Chapter 16 Prehospital Telemedicineā€”Digital Ambulances
  22. Chapter 17 Telemedicine for Trauma and Emergency Care Management
  23. Chapter 18 Telemedicine in Stroke
  24. Chapter 19 Telemedicine for Burns
  25. Chapter 20 Telemedicine in Orthopedics
  26. Chapter 21 Telemedicine in Intensive Care Units
  27. Chapter 22 Informatics in Disaster, Terrorism, and War
  28. Chapter 23 Sociotechnical and Organizational Challenges to Wide E-Health Implementation
  29. Chapter 24 Educational Aspects of Telemedicine forTrauma, Critical Care, and Emergency Management
  30. Chapter 25 Keeping Up with Industry Development in Telemedicine
  31. List of Acronyms
  32. Glossary
  33. About the Editor
  34. List of Contributors
  35. Index

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