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Portable telemedicine devices compared for triage
Feasibility of portable telemedicine devices for ambulance-based prehospital triage: a comparative simulation study
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine · Added 24 April 2026
Simulation study comparing portable telemedicine devices for ambulance triage, and found the Vuzix headset ranked highest overall, but the smartphone app was the most practical early implementation option.
- Study type
- Simulation
- Design
- Comparative simulation study with multi-criteria decision analysis
- Participants
- 47 surveys from ambulance professionals, remote neurologists and a patient actor across four simulated stroke-like scenarios
- Main finding
- Vuzix head-mounted device ranked highest (value score 0.80), ahead of Siilo smartphone app (0.77) and RealWear (0.73); ambulance crews favoured smartphone usability, neurologists favoured Vuzix video quality
- Caveat
- Simulation setting only; no clinical or operational impact assessed
- Bottom line
- Hypothesis-generating
Learning goal
Understand how portable telemedicine devices could support prehospital stroke triage within Australian ambulance systems.
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- Topic: Operations & systems
- Daily scan: 24 April 2026
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