title: TraumaStation: a portable telemedicine station.
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 situationns. 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.
authors: Fraunhofer IGD, Darmstadt.
authors: Despoina
authors: D
authors: Rizou
authors: Ilias
authors: I
authors: Sachpazidis
authors: Luca
authors: L
authors: Salvatore
authors: Georgios
authors: G
authors: Sakas
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D019114:Remote Consultation; D017215:Satellite Communications; D012984:Software; D013685:Telecommunications; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D049269:Videoconferencing