Mayo Clinic revives in-home cardiac arrest patient with telehealth: 7 notes

Becker's Healthcare October 18, 2024
Giles Bruce

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic became the first known health system to revive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patient using an assisted reality headset.

Here are seven things to know, according to an Oct. 8 Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health article:

1. Mayo Clinic has been piloting technology from telehealth company OPTAC-X that outfits paramedics with a wearable assisted reality headset that can connect them, via satellite internet, to emergency department physicians.

2. Mayo recently became the first known organization to resuscitate an out-of-hospital patient with cardiac arrest using the technology.

3. The Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service responded to a report of a patient in cardiac arrest at her home four miles from the hospital’s emergency department. The emergency medical services crew...

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