Doha: The Ambulance Service today launched a new telemetry service, allowing paramedic crews responding to an emergency involving a suspected heart attack, to transmit vital information from the scene.
The telemetry service, currently fitted to 60 ambulances in the fleet, allows paramedic crews to record and transmit the patient's Electrocardiograph (ECG) from the scene to the clinical team leader in the National Control Centre (NCC).
The clinical team leader then makes an informed decision as to whether the patient should be transported to the Heart Hospital or to Hamad General Hospital. If the patient is being transferred to the Heart Hospital, the ECG is transmitted from the Life Pack 15 machines to the Heart Hospital for the Cardiologist to look at before the patient arrives. This enables staff at the Heart Hospital to be prepared with the appropriate intervention required for the patient before his arrival. |
