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Eugene L. Nagel, MD; Jim C. Hirschman, MD; Sidney R. Nussenfeld, JD; David Rankin, MD, LTJG; Edward Lundblad, MD

JAMA. 1970;214(2):332-338.

Abstract
By means of a telemetry-medical command system, a program based on cooperation between in-hospital physicians and mobile paramedical rescue crews, 146 consecutive victims were monitored remotely by telemetered electrocardiogram over a 24-month period. Of those successfully monitored, ventricular fibrillation or standstill was found in 15% while bradyrhythmias were found in 6%. Response time by rescue vehicle was four minutes or less in 80% of the cases. This mobile emergency care system offers advantages over new and special physician-staffed systems in that it has very fast response times, uses highly trained paramedics, possesses immediate availability, entails lower costs, permits higher utilization by applying to a greater variety of emergency conditions, and commands general community acceptance. Defibrillation of a victim outside the hospital was monitored by radio.

Author Affiliations
From the departments of anesthesiology (Drs. Nagel and Nussenfeld), medicine (Dr. Hirschman), and obstetrics and gynecology (Dr. Lundblad), University of Miami (Fla) School of Medicine, and the US Naval Hospital, San Diego Rotating-O (Dr. Rankin).

Footnotes
Reprint requests to 1700 NW Tenth Ave, Miami, Fla 33136 (Dr. Nagel).

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