The approach involves a team of engineers, researchers and anesthesiologists who apply the drugs intravenously which are then controlled remotely through an automated system.
The researchers — the McGill team led by Thomas Hemmerling, MD, and a team from the Department of Anesthesia of Pisa University in Italy — see teleanesthesia helping to treat patients living remotely and as a teaching tool.
The researchers are also exploring the possibility of preoperative assessment of patients at home.
Read the McGill release on teleanesthesia.
Read more anesthesia news:
– Critical Guidance for Complying With Anesthesia Infection Control Rules
– Senate Letter to HHS Secretary Urges Review of Anesthesia Medicare Payments
– Study: Dramatic Shortage of Anesthesiologists, Surplus of Nurse Anesthetists Projected by 2020
