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Timely, quality care for life-threatening conditions is challenging in rural areas due to national shortages of trained emergency specialists. Telemergency is the practice of providing specialty emergency medicine consultations through telemedicine and was developed to improve access to quality emergency care for patients in rural areas. This chapter provides an overview of the history and practice of telemergency. The specific areas of medical care engaged with telemergency are explored as well as the nuances of such care including EMS utilization and disaster management. The different business models that have been employed in the successful practice of telemergency are also discussed. The future of telemergency will require additional research into the outcomes and logistics associated with telemedicine.
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Summers, R.L., Sterling, S.A., Block, D.K. (2021). Telemedicine in the Practice of Emergency Medicine: Telemergency. In: Ford, D.W., Valenta, S.R. (eds) Telemedicine. Respiratory Medicine. Humana, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64050-7_11
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