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Technology Allows Patients to be Diagnosed En Route to Hospital

Aired March 17, 2001 - 7:24 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: A new high-tech ambulance is allowing doctors to diagnose patients long before they ever get to a hospital. It uses so-called telemedicine technology.

And as CNN's Kehano (ph) -- Elaine Kehano, I should say, tells us, it could one day become the standard for emergency care.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

EDWARD SAUBLE, STROKE VICTIM: I really didn't know what was going off no more than they were videoing me.

ELAINE KEHANO, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Edward Sauble doesn't remember much about the day he suffered a stroke.

SAUBLE: They told me that, they said, "We took pictures of you, and we knew you might have had another stroke, because your arm fell down to the side of you."

KEHANO: But those critical moments inside the ambulance on the way to the University of Maryland Medical Center were captured on video and monitored live by a hospital neurologist.

DR. MARIAN LAMONTE, NEUROLOGIST: The closest we can come to having a doctor in the ambulance.

KEHANO: Dr. Marian Lamonte pioneered the use of video technology in an ambulance. The system consists of a portable camera mounted above a patient which sends out a signal and image via cell phone to a Web site, allowing access by an authorized doctor from anywhere in the world. Through the computer, she can assess a stroke patient's condition, testing motor skills and monitoring vital signs while the person is still miles from the hospital.

LAMONTE: We're talking about shaving off minutes here of time to increase the chances that somebody might get a very worthwhile therapy.

KEHANO: Right now, the system is still being improved. The next phase being tested will make the equipment portable and small enough to fit into a backpack, so paramedics can outfit any ambulance any time.

Stroke victim Edward Sauble believes it's a good thing and can help save lives.

SAUBLE: I think it will help other people, knowing that they can see what's going off on the way to the hospital. I really do, I really think it'll help.

KEHANO: Elaine Kehano, CNN, Baltimore.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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