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Dealing with medical crises in Atlanta from Sydney through an e-ICU

Picture this: it's 2am in a hospital in Atlanta Georgia and a patient begins to decline – medical staff at the patient's bedside swing into action.

They are being directed by a doctor and nurse thousands of miles away in Sydney, Australia, who have been monitoring the patient's vital signs – along with more than 100 other critically ill cases across Georgia, and have HD audio and visual communication with the patient's room and medical staff.

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