Outpatient’s Heart Linked to Doctors by Remote Aid
From United Press International
PENSACOLA, Fla. —
A 72-year-old man has become the first cardiac patient in the nation to take home a remote-control defibrillator, a device through which doctors can deliver a life-saving jolt of electricity by telephone, officials at Sacred Heart Hospital announced Wednesday.
The defibrillator, called MDphone, is linked to the hospital so that doctors can intervene in cases of cardiac arrest as well as monitor a patient’s heart rate through a standard telephone hookup. The name of the patient was not released.
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