50 responsive patients with language barriers will be included in this study. The prehospital emergency physician will start video-interpreting via a tablet. Feasibility, quality of communication, usability as well as changes in diagnosis and treatment will be gathered and analysed.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
50
Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, State of Vienna, Austria
RECRUITINGTechnical Feasibility
The technical feasibility endpoint evaluates the possibility of video-interpreting. The occurrence of technical problems will be reported.
Time frame: Immediately after use of video-interpreting
Usability of video-interpreting
The usability will be evaluated after the rescue mission by the prehospital emergency doctor using a questionnaire including following items on a 7-point Likert scale (strongly disagree to strongly agree): * Video-translation was easy to use. * I feel comfortable to use video-translation during the situation. * The amount of time involved to use video-translation has been fitting for me. * I would use video-translation again. * Video-translation was useful for my healthcare practice in this situation.
Time frame: Immediately after use of video-interpreting
Impact on emergency physician's decisions
The impact of video-translation will be evaluated regarding alteration of medical history, treatment or target hospital.
Time frame: Immediately after use of video-interpreting
Demographic parameters
Following characteristics of the patients will be recorded: Age, Gender, primary diagnosis of the prehospital emergency physician
Time frame: Immediately after use of video-interpreting
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