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Robotized camera system for real-time coaching of clinicians in emergency room

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Abstract

Purpose

To compensate for the shortage of emergency specialists and to maintain quality of medical care in remote regions.

Methods

Develop and validate the concept of real-time coaching using a robotized camera system ceiling-mounted above a stretcher. Exploit a final prototype to evaluate its impact on surgical procedures under controlled conditions.

Results

Preliminary results demonstrate: (1) the system allows a remote practitioner to easily view all surgical procedures used in emergency room, and (2) a specialist can coach a non-specialist to perform a surgical procedure using proper kinesiologic gestual with many individuals surrounding the stretcher.

Conclusion

The system could provide help on demand and improve the level of services in trauma medicine for the population of regions where trauma surgeons are unavailable. The system could also decrease medical cost by providing remote support on surgical procedures used to stabilize unstable polytraumatized patients at their arrival in the trauma room.

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  1. Health Technology Assessment Unit, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, J1H 5N4

    R. Lemieux & Christian Bellemarre

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, J1K 2R1

    F. Michaud

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, J1K 2R1

    P. Masson, M.-È. Bernard, P. Fauteux, C. Julien, M. Lalonde-Filion, C. Morier, A. Morin-Guimond, M.-A. Patry & A. Saint-Pierre

  4. Department of Traumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, J1H 5N4

    M. Martin

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Lemieux, R., Michaud, F., Masson, P. et al. Robotized camera system for real-time coaching of clinicians in emergency room. Int J CARS 3, 241–248 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-008-0236-3

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