5 Key Takeaways

• 1

  Tele-guided lung ultrasound is deemed acceptable by specialist paramedic trainees after brief training.

• 2

  Participants rated overall acceptability and feasibility of the tele-guided ultrasound system positively.

• 3

  Key barriers to implementation include equipment reliability and communication challenges during tele-ultrasound.

• 4

  Standardized terminology and protocols are recommended to improve communication between paramedics and remote sonographers.

• 5

  The study's findings are limited by a small sample size and the use of healthy volunteers instead of patients with lung pathology.