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This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 4.0. , which permits unrestricted use , distribution , and reproduction in any medium , provided the original author and source are credited.  \nDOI: 10.7759/cureus.98481  \nOpen Access Review Article  \nTransforming Emergency Care Through Telemedicine: A Narrative Review  \nCourage O. Idahor 1, Olamide Ogunfuwa 2, Ndidiamaka Ogbonna 3 , Omo A. Ogbeide 4 , Opeyemi Abe 5 , Ojeyemi Oore-ofe 6  \n1. Emergency Medicine, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, GBR 2. Emergency Medicine, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, GBR 3. Family Medicine, Edo State University Uzairue, Uzairue, NGA 4. Hospital-Based Medicine, Chaucer Hospital, Canterbury, GBR 5. Psychiatry, Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal, Cheadle, GBR 6. General Practice, Lagoon Hospital, Lagos, NGA  \nCorresponding author: Courage O. Idahor, [courageoidahor@gmail.com](courageoidahor@gmail.com)  \nAbstract  \nTelemedicine has fleetly evolved from a niche result to a central pillar in modern emergency and critical care systems. This narrative review delves into the multifaceted role of telemedicine in emergency settings, tracing its historical development, present applications, and future possibilities. It examines how telemedicine islands geographical and infrastructural gaps, particularly in underserved communities, by enabling timely access to specialist care similar to telestroke services and remote ferocious care. Substantiation highlights advancements in clinical outcomes, functional effectiveness, and patient satisfaction, with global case studies demonstrating successful perpetration across both high-and lowresource settings.  \nDespite these advances, challenges persist. Technological restrictions, regulatory barriers, digital knowledge gaps, and unlikeness in assent continue to hamper wide relinquishment. This review discusses these obstacles and underscores the significance of strategic investment, cross-sector collaboration, and policy reform. Arising inventions, including artificial intelligence, wearable devices, and scalable telehealth platforms, signal promising directions for perfecting reach and adaptability in emergency systems.  \nAdditionally, this paper identifies crucial areas for unborn research, including long-term outgrowth assessment and telemedicine 's part in disaster and pandemic response. By synthesizing current substantiation and practical perceptivity, this review aims to inform clinicians, health system leaders, and policymakers about the transformative eventuality and ongoing challenges of telemedicine in emergency care. Eventually, it calls for sustained invention, equity-concentrated perpetration, and cooperative sweatsto completely realize telemedicine 's pledge in erecting a more accessible, responsive, and flexible emergency care geography.  \nCategories: Emergency Medicine, Healthcare Technology  \nKeywords: covid-19, emergency department, emergency medicine and trauma, telemedicine (tm), triage  \nIntroduction And Background  \nTelehealth has surfaced as a prominent topic of discussion in recent years, particularly in the environment of the COVID-19 pandemic, which heightened the need for and reliance on remote healthcare services.  \nAccordingly, telehealth and telemedicine have become focal points for healthcare associations and providers  \n[1] . The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) defines telehealth as a modality that enables physicians to deliver care without taking in-person office visits, primarily through internet-enabled devices such as computers, tablets, or smartphones [1,2] .  \nAt first glance, the high-perceptivity and time-sensitive nature of emergency medicine may feel  \ninharmonious with telehealth, as emergency medicine traditionally relies on immediate, ","cbCaic9dvp2IlDEJ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaic9dvp2IlDEJ","pdf",228436,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction and Background\n## Telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic\n## Definition and clinical integration\n## Emergency department burden and overcrowding\n# How to cite this article\n# Telemedicine for emergency department overcrowding","[{\"question\":\"What is the main focus of this narrative review?\",\"answer\":\"The review focuses on transforming emergency care through telemedicine by examining its roles, historical development, present applications, and future possibilities in emergency and critical care settings.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the review describe telemedicine’s benefits in emergency care?\",\"answer\":\"It discusses telemedicine’s potential to bridge geographic and infrastructural gaps, enable timely specialist access, and improve clinical outcomes, effectiveness, and patient satisfaction across different resource settings.\"},{\"question\":\"What challenges to telemedicine expansion are highlighted?\",\"answer\":\"The review identifies technological restrictions, regulatory barriers, digital knowledge gaps, and other obstacles that hinder broad adoption and implementation.\"}]","Transforming Emergency Care Through Telemedicine - A Narrative Review | PDF",1790681273,25]