All Videos Tagged richmond (MedTech I.Q.) - MedTech I.Q.2024-04-20T07:33:32Zhttp://medtechiq.ning.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=richmond&rss=yes&xn_auth=noTelemedicine: Dr Ronald Merrell ... VCU Telemedicinetag:medtechiq.ning.com,2010-05-31:2140535:Video:314122010-05-31T10:34:00.038ZCC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSighthttp://medtechiq.ning.com/profile/CCatMedTechIQ
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</a> <br></br>Under normal circumstances, surgeons and anesthesiologists work side by side in the operating room, but recently for the first time known they work half a world apart to help ailing patients in one of the most remote areas of South America. Using a well-equipped mobile operating room housed inside a converted delivery truck, a medical team led by Ronald C. Merrell, M.D., chairman…
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</a><br />Under normal circumstances, surgeons and anesthesiologists work side by side in the operating room, but recently for the first time known they work half a world apart to help ailing patients in one of the most remote areas of South America. Using a well-equipped mobile operating room housed inside a converted delivery truck, a medical team led by Ronald C. Merrell, M.D., chairman of surgery at Virginia Commonwealth Universitys School of Medicine, performs surgery in South America while monitoring patients' breathing and heart rhythms on a desktop computer 3,000 miles away in Richmond.<br />
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