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Thu Mar 17 17:05:33 GMT 2011

VERY awesome!!  GREAT thinking, hope you see some wonderful results..  Hmmmm  *scratching head* why didn't I think of this?  Ha ha  :)

David Seastrom RN, BSN, EMT-I
Trauma Injury Prevention / Outreach
Education Coordinator
The Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics
Kansas City, MO.  64108
Office:  816-983-6917
Fax:  816-234-3821
Pager:  816-458-4995
E-Mail:  dwseastrom at cmh.edu<mailto:dwseastrom at cmh.edu>

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From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org [mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On Behalf Of Pret Bjorn
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:46 AM
To: 'Trauma-List [TRAUMA.ORG]'
Subject: Rural Trauma? There's an App for That

Just wanted to let the world know that as of this week, Eastern Maine Medical Center has begun offering carefully controlled remote teletrauma consultations via Skype(r).  We distributed a bunch of iPod Touches(r) to wifi-equipped rural ED's, and early this morning performed our first bona fide consult.  Providers at either end expressed overwhelming satisfaction with the process. It continues to impress me how the effects of blindness are underestimated until one can SEE.

We've had tremendous success with other (more sophisticated) telecommunications systems, and will doubtless continue to use them regularly; but there is no doubt that our iPods offer improved affordability, accessibility, and ease of use.

In this morning's case, a victim of facial injury was assessed and triaged for transfer and/or OMFS follow-up (there aren't enough on-call maxillofacial surgeons in New England to play a decent game of Hold 'Em).  Of course our trauma surgeon was excited to be trying the new tools, and the remote ED provider was immensely satisfied.  Then the remote device was handed to the patient's mother, who was thrilled  to be able to talk to her kid's consultant, face to face and in real time, from the depths of rural Maine.

The patient?  "Jeez, Mom, it's just Skype.  We [kids] use it all the time."

We'll collect up some cases and publish ASAP.

Pret Bjorn, RN
Bangor, ME USA

Eastern Maine Medical Center: one of the nation's most wired hospitals.
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