Navein J, Fisher A, Geiling J, Richards D, Roller J, Hagmann J
Telemedicine Clinical Advisory and Training Team, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
J Telemed Telecare. 1998;4 Suppl 1:25-8. doi: 10.1258/1357633981931326.
The US army's first portable telemedicine unit was built in 1993 and comprised a 'ruggedized' videoconferencing unit. The unit was initially used in the United Nations' operations in Macedonia in February 1994 and subsequently in support of the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals in Haiti, but its dimensions made it suitable only for locations where a move at short notice was unlikely. The second portable telemedicine unit comprised a PC linked to an Inmarsat B earth station through a modern. The unit allowed videoconferencing at 64 kbit/s. Three and a half years of clinical experience with both units has shown this to be quite adequate for the majority of clinical telemedicine. Portable telemedicine units have been a major benefit to medical commanders in the field.
美国陆军的首个便携式远程医疗设备于1993年建成，由一个“加固型”视频会议设备组成。该设备最初于1994年2月在联合国驻马其顿行动中使用，随后用于支持驻海地的陆军流动外科医院，但因其尺寸问题，仅适用于不太可能在短时间内转移的地点。第二个便携式远程医疗设备由一台通过调制解调器与国际海事卫星组织B地球站相连的个人电脑组成。该设备允许以64千比特/秒的速度进行视频会议。对这两种设备三年半的临床经验表明，这对大多数临床远程医疗来说已经足够了。便携式远程医疗设备对战场上的医疗指挥官来说是一项重大福利。
