Llewellyn C H
Department of Military and Emergency Medicine Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA.
J Med Syst. 1995 Feb;19(1):29-34. doi: 10.1007/BF02257188.
Telecommunications from telephone and radio to two-way audio, video, facsimile (fax), and digital imaging via satellite transmission have been used in responses to disasters. Current and rapidly emerging communications technology offers the prospect of enormously expanded and more efficient application in predisaster, acute, and postdisaster rehabilitation activities. A survey of present and potential roles for telemedicine in disaster medicine will be presented with particular focus on initial on-going medical needs assessment, prevention programs, and emergency assistance for provision of emergency care of victims, care for other survivors, and public health and sanitation services. Attention will also focus on telemedicine in education and training, disaster response exercises, development of comprehensive plans, and research. Finally, the essential relationship between the routine utilization of telemedicine in predisaster health care and effective employment in disaster situations will be discussed.
从电话、无线电通信到双向音频、视频、传真以及通过卫星传输的数字成像等电信技术已被用于灾害应对。当前以及迅速涌现的通信技术为在灾前、急性期和灾后康复活动中进行大幅扩展且更高效的应用提供了前景。本文将介绍对远程医疗在灾害医学中当前及潜在作用的一项调查，特别关注初期持续的医疗需求评估、预防计划以及为受害者提供紧急护理、照顾其他幸存者和公共卫生与环境卫生服务的紧急援助。还将关注远程医疗在教育与培训、灾害应对演习、综合计划制定以及研究方面的作用。最后，将讨论灾前医疗保健中远程医疗的常规使用与灾害情况下有效应用之间的重要关系。
