Avatar teaches patients to recognize symptoms of heart attack and call emergency

(European Society of Cardiology) An avatar-based application (app) can teach patients to recognise symptoms of heart attack and call emergency, according to a study presented today at EuroHeartCare 2018, the European Society of Cardiology's annual nursing congress.1 Patients using the app were more likely to call an ambulance when they had symptoms, and had fewer hospital admissions.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news