title: Telemedicine and telepresence for prehospital and remote hospital tracheal intubation using a GlideScope™ videolaryngoscope: a model for tele-intubation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The inability to secure a patient's airway in the prehospital setting is a major cause of potentially preventable death in the field of trauma and emergency medicine.
  
  
  METHODS
  The University of Arizona in Tucson has established two telepresence programs, the Southern Arizona Teletrauma and Telepresence Program and Tucson Emergency Room (ER)-Link for assisting with trauma and emergency medicine patients in remote hospitals and prehospital system. Most recently, we have added videolaryngoscopes to our telepresence programs to assist with patients whose airway is difficult to manage.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We describe the first reported case of using a videolaryngoscope (GlideScope™) and a telemedicine network to assist a healthcare provider performing tracheal intubation in a remote hospital.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Videolaryngoscopes allows for assistance with remote tracheal intubation and should be strongly considered as a component of teletrauma and telepresence programs to assist with difficult airway management.
authors: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA.
authors: John C
authors: JC
authors: Sakles
authors: Jarrod
authors: J
authors: Mosier
authors: George
authors: G
authors: Hadeed
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Hudson
authors: Terence
authors: T
authors: Valenzuela
authors: Rifat
authors: R
authors: Latifi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000628:therapy; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*; D014741:Video Recording