Hospital crisis: in Dax, a teleconsultation device being tested to unclog emergencies

The week in the Landes of the teenagers of a leisure center was going well, until a young man crushed Axel’s nose. To emergencies from Dax hospital (moors)I’teen is quickly redirected to a teleconsultation team, installed a few meters away. A nurse takes the constants there, and begins the medical examination before calling the doctor.

From his practice in Paris, Dr. Urfan Ashraf examines the patient. No signs of fracture for Axel, a control radio will be needed, but not urgently. “It is sure that it is delicate, the teleconsultation. It is an act that is degraded, we do not have the physical evaluation. We manage to interpret all the elements, and so I think we still have an answer that is quite appropriate in relation to the request.“, explains Dr. Urfan Ashraf. On the patient side, Axel is convinced. The Dax hospital has been experimenting with these teleconsultations since July 1 and for the whole summer.