TEMPUS - ESA supports airborne telemedecine
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On a commercial BMI flight to Moscow, British company RDT recently conducted a successful demonstration of a state-of-the-art telemedical device using broadband communications via satellite.
The initiative has been financially supported by the Telecomms Directorate of ESA as the latest part of a 30-year programme to develop satellite communications uses that directly benefit the public.
For more info on this subject please check the script that is online as a PDF file under : http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS64171.pdf
A WMV preview clip is online under : http://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/videos/mplo/ESA_TEMPUS3_04-14-09_wmplow.wmv
More backgroud information can be found on: http://telecom.esa.int/telecom/www/language/index.cfm?flanguageid=5

Tempus ñ ESA supports airborne telemedicine.
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10:00:00 ESA leader
10:00:34 (GVs: airport and aircraft)
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With over 30 million scheduled flights a year - carrying over 800 million passengers from young babies to the very elderly - medical incidents while airborne are inevitable and present aircrew with a major challenge.
10:00:53 (Soundbite: Capt. Dr. Graham Cresswell, bmi Pilot Medical Officer.)
""Well obviously a medical emergency when you are in-flight is a very unnerving experience for a captain because there are so many conflicting requirements - the requirements for the patient but also the requirements for the 200 or so people on the aircraft. The decision to make a medical diversion can be very demanding and unsettling indeed. If you have no help you need to make very difficult decisions without very much information.""
10:01:19 (GVs: aircraft push-back and Tempus demo inflight)
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There is no real emergency on this flight - but a crucial final demonstration of the latest telemedicine device fi