Ambulances May Get Virtual Doctors
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Researchers are developing technology for ambulances to improve communications and perhaps more importantly, place virtual doctors inside in transit.
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Intensive-care doctors monitor patients from miles away. Also: Vioxx might be responsible for more deaths than thought.... New network in southern India gives government a big boost.... and more.
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NEW YORK  - Adding an advanced life support capability to emergency medical services increases the chances of survival for people in respiratory distress, according to a Canadian report in this week's New England Journal of Medicine.
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An innovative navigation system uses optical signals from hospital lights to guide patients with traumatic brain injuries around hospitals.
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Patients around the country will be able to book a GP appointment through their TV set.
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Many NHS patients could soon be able to make an appointment to see their GP over the internet.
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Garmin subsidiary and the Mayo Clinic have developed software for mobile phones users to aid them in medical emergencies.
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Obese patients in Calgary, Alberta, are the first in Canada to have a new ambulance on call specially modified to move them in a dignified and safe way while protecting paramedics from injury.
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The Manitoba Pharmaceutical Association says it&#39;s now willing to work with Internet pharmacists to keep the mail-order medics in business.
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God games in which  players must control virtual people could be educational, says research.
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By The Daily Oklahoman  Jun. 10--NEXT time you see an ambulance, grab your mobile and call the Dallas law firm of Miller Curtis & Weisbrod. The fine lawyers there might want to chase that ambulance. They might even reward you for the tip.
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Doctors hope to use the body's own nerves to bridge the gap in the spinal cord left by paralysing injuries.
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Your next doctor could be keeping an eye on you from afar - via a camera and a bank of computer screens. An expanding number of hospitals are adopting technology that allows critical care doctors and nurses to monitor dozens of patients at different hospitals simultaneously, much as an air traffic controller keeps track of several planes.
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Surgeons may soon be able to practise tricky operations using a virtual scalpel on a virtual body, thanks to new 3D imaging.
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Hospitals will be allowed to claim for the cost of treating people injured at work, under plans being considered.
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Has it come to this? Robots standing in for doctors at the hospital patients' bedside?
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A virtual reality hand, complete with vital veins, that "feels" could help trainee nurses practice their jabs.