“Dispatcher, Can You Help Me? A Woman Is Giving Birth”. A Pilot Study of Remote Video Assistance with Smart Glasses
Smart glasses (SG) could be a breakthrough in emergency situations, so the aim of this work was to assess the potential benefits of teleassistance with smart glasses (SG) from a midwife to a lifeguard in a simulated, unplanned, out-of-hospital birth (OHB). Thirty-eight lifeguards were randomized int...
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| author | Silvia Aranda-García Myriam Santos-Folgar Felipe Fernández-Méndez Roberto Barcala-Furelos Manuel Pardo Ríos Encarna Hernández Sánchez Lucía Varela-Varela Silvia San Román-Mata Antonio Rodríguez-Núñez |
| author_facet | Silvia Aranda-García Myriam Santos-Folgar Felipe Fernández-Méndez Roberto Barcala-Furelos Manuel Pardo Ríos Encarna Hernández Sánchez Lucía Varela-Varela Silvia San Román-Mata Antonio Rodríguez-Núñez |
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| description | Smart glasses (SG) could be a breakthrough in emergency situations, so the aim of this work was to assess the potential benefits of teleassistance with smart glasses (SG) from a midwife to a lifeguard in a simulated, unplanned, out-of-hospital birth (OHB). Thirty-eight lifeguards were randomized into SG and control (CG) groups. All participants were required to act in a simulated imminent childbirth with a maternal–fetal simulator (PROMPT Flex, Laerdal, Norway). The CG acted autonomously, while the SG group was video-assisted by a midwife through SG (Vuzix Blade, New York, NY, USA). The video assistance was based on the OHB protocol, speaking and receiving images on the SG. The performance time, compliance with the protocol steps, and perceived performance with the SG were evaluated. The midwife’s video assistance with SG allowed 35% of the SG participants to perform the complete OHB protocol. No CG participant was able to perform it (<i>p</i> = 0.005). All OHB protocol variables were significantly better in the SG group than in the CG (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Telemedicine through video assistance with SG is feasible so that a lifeguard with no knowledge of childbirth care can act according to the recommendations in a simulated, unplanned, uncomplicated OHB. Communication with the midwife by speaking and sending images to the SG is perceived as an important benefit to the performance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a338024ede474ec88cc41f5c9d7cdbae2023-11-30T23:09:20ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202022-12-0123140910.3390/s23010409“Dispatcher, Can You Help Me? A Woman Is Giving Birth”. A Pilot Study of Remote Video Assistance with Smart GlassesSilvia Aranda-García0Myriam Santos-Folgar1Felipe Fernández-Méndez2Roberto Barcala-Furelos3Manuel Pardo Ríos4Encarna Hernández Sánchez5Lucía Varela-Varela6Silvia San Román-Mata7Antonio Rodríguez-Núñez8GRAFAIS Research Group, Institut Nacional d’Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC), Universitat de Barcelona, 08840 Barcelona, SpainREMOSS Research Group, Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Pontevedra, SpainCLINURSID Research Group, Psychiatry, Radiology, Public Health, Nursing and Medicine Department, Faculty of Nursing, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, SpainCLINURSID Research Group, Psychiatry, Radiology, Public Health, Nursing and Medicine Department, Faculty of Nursing, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, SpainFaculty of Nursing, Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM), 061 Emergency Services (112) of Murcia, 30107 Murcia, SpainFaculty of Nursing, Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM), 061 Emergency Services (112) of Murcia, 30107 Murcia, SpainDepartment of Obstetrics, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Pontevedra, SERGAS, 36002 Pontevedra, SpainFaculty of Health Sciences of Melilla, University of Granada, 52005 Melilla, SpainCLINURSID Research Group, Psychiatry, Radiology, Public Health, Nursing and Medicine Department, Faculty of Nursing, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, SpainSmart glasses (SG) could be a breakthrough in emergency situations, so the aim of this work was to assess the potential benefits of teleassistance with smart glasses (SG) from a midwife to a lifeguard in a simulated, unplanned, out-of-hospital birth (OHB). Thirty-eight lifeguards were randomized into SG and control (CG) groups. All participants were required to act in a simulated imminent childbirth with a maternal–fetal simulator (PROMPT Flex, Laerdal, Norway). The CG acted autonomously, while the SG group was video-assisted by a midwife through SG (Vuzix Blade, New York, NY, USA). The video assistance was based on the OHB protocol, speaking and receiving images on the SG. The performance time, compliance with the protocol steps, and perceived performance with the SG were evaluated. The midwife’s video assistance with SG allowed 35% of the SG participants to perform the complete OHB protocol. No CG participant was able to perform it (<i>p</i> = 0.005). All OHB protocol variables were significantly better in the SG group than in the CG (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Telemedicine through video assistance with SG is feasible so that a lifeguard with no knowledge of childbirth care can act according to the recommendations in a simulated, unplanned, uncomplicated OHB. Communication with the midwife by speaking and sending images to the SG is perceived as an important benefit to the performance.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/1/409technologywearabletelemedicinemidwiferynatural childbirthlifeguard |
| spellingShingle | Silvia Aranda-García Myriam Santos-Folgar Felipe Fernández-Méndez Roberto Barcala-Furelos Manuel Pardo Ríos Encarna Hernández Sánchez Lucía Varela-Varela Silvia San Román-Mata Antonio Rodríguez-Núñez “Dispatcher, Can You Help Me? A Woman Is Giving Birth”. A Pilot Study of Remote Video Assistance with Smart Glasses Sensors technology wearable telemedicine midwifery natural childbirth lifeguard |
| title | “Dispatcher, Can You Help Me? A Woman Is Giving Birth”. A Pilot Study of Remote Video Assistance with Smart Glasses |
| title_full | “Dispatcher, Can You Help Me? A Woman Is Giving Birth”. A Pilot Study of Remote Video Assistance with Smart Glasses |
| title_fullStr | “Dispatcher, Can You Help Me? A Woman Is Giving Birth”. A Pilot Study of Remote Video Assistance with Smart Glasses |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Dispatcher, Can You Help Me? A Woman Is Giving Birth”. A Pilot Study of Remote Video Assistance with Smart Glasses |
| title_short | “Dispatcher, Can You Help Me? A Woman Is Giving Birth”. A Pilot Study of Remote Video Assistance with Smart Glasses |
| title_sort | dispatcher can you help me a woman is giving birth a pilot study of remote video assistance with smart glasses |
| topic | technology wearable telemedicine midwifery natural childbirth lifeguard |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/1/409 |
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