Mair Fiona, Fraser Susan, Ferguson James, Webster Karyn
Department of Emergency Medicine, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, UK.
J Telemed Telecare. 2008;14(3):129-31. doi: 10.1258/jtt.2008.003008.
On any one day, approximately 15,000-28,000 oil industry personnel are employed in the North Sea oil and gas industry. First aid in this remote environment is provided by non-medical staff on the rigs. Remote specialist advice via videoconferencing should improve the quality of offshore health care and reduce avoidable medical evacuations. Satellite communications and videoconferencing equipment was installed on the 'Alwyn North' oil platform, with medical advice provided via a call centre in Milan. Over a nine-month period, trial telemedicine links were conducted approximately twice per week. The three onshore physicians were very satisfied on each occasion with communications and diagnostic data image quality, including the ultrasound screening carried out by the rig provider. Remote specialist advice via videoconferencing should reduce unnecessary and/or untimely patient evacuation to hospital or onshore for medical assessment.
在任何一天，北海石油和天然气行业大约雇佣了15000 - 28000名石油行业人员。在这个偏远环境中，钻井平台上的非医疗人员提供急救服务。通过视频会议获得的远程专家建议应能提高海上医疗保健质量，并减少可避免的医疗后送。卫星通信和视频会议设备安装在“阿尔文北部”石油平台上，通过米兰的一个呼叫中心提供医疗建议。在九个月的时间里，试验性远程医疗连接大约每周进行两次。每次，三位岸上医生对通信和诊断数据图像质量都非常满意，包括钻井平台供应商进行的超声筛查。通过视频会议获得的远程专家建议应能减少不必要和/或不及时的患者后送至医院或岸上进行医疗评估的情况。
