BBCNEWS HARDtalk June 4, 2024 09:43:00
Ways of helping to keep people out of hospital. southwest ambulance was the first to bring in mobile gps. doctor matthew booker gives ambulance crews on the ground a second opinion if they are in doubt as to whether to admit a patient. we have got some of our blood testing equipment. this is effectively a portable laboratory. where we can run patients' blood samples and often the types of tests that would be done in the emergency department, we can do on the vehicle. we carry a portable ultrasound unit, we can perhaps go further with a diagnosis than some of our paramedic crews and we carry a ...