iPads in Ambulances: NHS Aims to Improve Patient Care

iPads in Ambulances: NHS Aims to Improve Patient Care

iPads will be provided to ambulance crews across England to ensure that patients get the right care faster, the NHS brass has announced. Ambulance crew

Ambulance crews will utilise the 30,000 iPads to send photographs from the scene of an incident, so specialists on standby at hospital can initiate treatment right away when the patient arrives in the emergency department. These iPads will also allow paramedics to access vital health records and help them better assess patients’ injuries and decide the course of action. Once the decision is made to bring the patient to the ED, information on the patient can also be sent ahead to speed up handovers and free ambulances to quickly attend their next call.

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NHS Chief Executive Sir Simon Stevens announced the initiative at an Ambulance Leadership Forum. “Ambulance crews have been at the forefront of the pandemic, routinely dealing with life and death situations and often first on scene to treat and diagnose critically ill patients.” Sir Simon said. “It is another example of the health service innovating and harnessing technology to improve patient care as part of the NHS Long Term Plan.”
 




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