Otto C, Pipe A
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
J Telemed Telecare. 1997;3 Suppl 1:84-5. doi: 10.1258/1357633971930508.
The purpose of this investigation was to demonstrate the potential of remote, mobile telemedicine during a four-week, high-altitude mountaineering expedition to Mount Logan, Canada's highest summit. Using a mobile satellite terminal and a laptop computer (both powered by a photovoltaic solar panel), ECG tracings and blood pressure measurements, in addition to colour images, short-segment video and audio clips were transmitted during the course of the ascent. The data were transmitted via a mobile communications satellite to a ground station in Ottawa, a distance of over 4000 km. The data were then transferred to the public switched data network and delivered to the University of Ottawa Heart Institute for analysis. Similarly, data were transmitted from the ground station to the expedition team on Mount Logan throughout the ascent. Using this technique, medical diagnosis and emergency care can be facilitated in extreme and isolated locations lacking a telecommunications infrastructure. Such technology has applications in developing countries, disaster response efforts, remote civilian and military operations, and in space operations.
本次调查的目的是在为期四周的攀登加拿大最高峰洛根山的高海拔登山探险活动中，展示远程移动远程医疗的潜力。使用移动卫星终端和笔记本电脑（均由光伏太阳能板供电），在登山过程中除了传输彩色图像、短片段视频和音频片段外，还传输了心电图描记和血压测量数据。数据通过移动通信卫星传输到渥太华的一个地面站，距离超过4000公里。然后，数据被转移到公共交换数据网络，并传送到渥太华大学心脏研究所进行分析。同样，在整个登山过程中，数据也从地面站传输到洛根山上的探险队。使用这种技术，可以在缺乏电信基础设施的极端和偏远地区促进医疗诊断和急救。这种技术在发展中国家、灾害应对工作、偏远的民用和军事行动以及太空行动中都有应用。
