Smartphone Medical Devices have now become reality. What we’ve seen for years on programs like Star Trek, where the Medical Person holds a phone next to a person and gets vital statistics for treatment. Those magic devices now really exist. I know you have to see it to believe it so here is a short video introducing it.
This Smart Medical Device could be a lifesaver for almost everyone. Of course, active people engaged in vigorous sports activities come well at the top of the list. Information concerning a player in distress can be obtained and transmitted to EMTs en route for speedy treatment upon arrival. Or it can also save the EMTs a trip if the situation is not critical.
Likewise, for sedate older people, it provides a very valuable service as well. Just daily monitoring assists your doctor to assess your overall health when you see him only once every three to six months or so. Using the stored data, the doctor can review day-to-day changes as they happened. And in the case of a situation where strange feelings are occurring or perhaps a fall, immediate information can be sent to the doctor to determine what is happening. This could save a great deal of cost incurred by an unnecessary Emergency Room visit. But better, it can save a life when indicators are happening which require immediate emergency treatment. Smartphone Medical Devices
The device is a simple case that attaches to your smartphone. The video above shows how the vital readings (temperature, Blood Pressure, EKG, etc.) can be recorded using an App that you download to your phone from VMed. Again, using the App, your information can be stored for comparison review later. All family members can use the same device and App.
From Star Trek these Smartphone Medical Devices Now Become Reality
So now we all can become our own version of Beverly Crusher, MD. If you are not a Star Trek aficionado, Commander Beverly C. Crusher, MD (née Howard) was the chief medical officer aboard the USS Enterprise. With her magic devices, she was able to “doctor” those aboard the spaceship.