Overview
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.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- adult patients, at least 18 years old
- awake, responsive patients
- language barrier (Albanian, Dari, Romanian, Turkish, Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic, Farsi, Russian, Hungarian, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Kurdish (Kurmanci), Slovakian, Bulgarian, Polish, and Czech)
Exclusion Criteria:
- unconscious patients
- out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients
- delay of treatment or transportation due to e-interpreting
- refusal of video-interpreting by the patient