New Freedom through Medical Devices Based on the Global System for Mobile Communications : A Prospective Survey of 620 Users of the Swiss Limmex Emergency Wristwatch—An Original Study from Switzerland
Joint Authors
Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K.
Tabbara, Malek
Özgüler, Onur S.
Source
Emergency Medicine International
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-08-25
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
About 500,000 elderly people in Switzerland suffer a fall each year.
Thus medical attention and help are essential for these people, who mostly live alone without a caregiver.
Only 3% of people aged over 65 in Switzerland use an emergency system.
Personal telehealth devices allow patients to receive enough information about the appropriate treatment, as well as followup with their doctors and reports of any emergency, in the absence of any caregiver.
This increases their quality of life in a cost-effective fashion.
“Limmex”—a new medical emergency watch—was launched in Switzerland in 2011 and has been a great commercial success.
In this paper, we give a brief review of this watch technology, along with the results of a survey of 620 users conducted by the Department of Emergency Medicine in Bern.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tabbara, Malek& Özgüler, Onur S.& Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K.. 2013. New Freedom through Medical Devices Based on the Global System for Mobile Communications : A Prospective Survey of 620 Users of the Swiss Limmex Emergency Wristwatch—An Original Study from Switzerland. Emergency Medicine International،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-481072
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tabbara, Malek…[et al.]. New Freedom through Medical Devices Based on the Global System for Mobile Communications : A Prospective Survey of 620 Users of the Swiss Limmex Emergency Wristwatch—An Original Study from Switzerland. Emergency Medicine International No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-481072
American Medical Association (AMA)
Tabbara, Malek& Özgüler, Onur S.& Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K.. New Freedom through Medical Devices Based on the Global System for Mobile Communications : A Prospective Survey of 620 Users of the Swiss Limmex Emergency Wristwatch—An Original Study from Switzerland. Emergency Medicine International. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-481072
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-481072