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2.2 Medical treatment stage government and enterprises build the first line of defense for
epidemic prevention and control, and avoid frequent and
During the treatment of patients, it often requires different long-term work of temperature measurement personnel.
hospitals for remote joint consultations. 5G’s ultra-high
speed, large bandwidth and low latency make telemedicine During the epidemic, 5G+ thermal imaging temperature
applications possible. monitoring has been deployed in more than 4,000 regions in
China. The number of outpatients and the number of people
Based on the 5G telemedicine system built by China Mobile, in the Second Hospital of Ningbo exceeded 1,000. The
remote experts from Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital and entrance and exit of the outpatient building needs to be
Beijing 301 Hospital can make video connections. Both equipped with 6-7 medical staff, and the three-shift 24-hour
parties can carry out multi-party consultations and multi- nursing method is adopted. There is greater pressure on
disciplinary joint consultations. Patients’ medical records medical treatment and monitoring of mobile personnel. The
and images can be shared with remote experts in real time use of "5G thermal imaging body temperature detection"
through the 5G private network, which makes diagnosis system has become an important measure for hospital
more convenient and efficient. epidemic prevention and control, which can reduce the
number of entrance and exit personnel to three.
Experts from the Remote Ultrasound Medical Center of
Zhejiang People Hospital used 5G technology to remotely 3. ANALYSIS AND SUMMARY OF 5G
control the ultrasound robot of Huangpi Gymnasium's HEALTHCARE APPLICATIONS IN THE
Square Cabin Hospital to successfully perform ultrasound COVID-19 PANDEMIC
examinations for patients. The two hospitals are 700
kilometers away. During the COVID-19 pandemic, from diagnosis and
treatment to prevention and control, there are 18 applications
2.3 Ward nursing stage of 4 categories. These applications were widely used for
COVID-19 prevention and control in China, and achieved
The outbreak of the epidemic has caused problems such as good results. In Table.1 we show the applications of 5G in
the intensity of hospital nursing work and the difficulty of COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control.
isolation prevention and control. 5G provides new technical
means for ward management and control, and also provides Table 1 – Applications of 5G in COVID-19 epidemic
a new nursing model for nursing workers struggling on the prevention and control
front line. 5G cooperates with robots and artificial
intelligence technologies to provide more intelligent services Remote Medical Medical care Supervision
for ward management and control [5]. diagnosis assistance ,
and prevention
treatment and control
Intelligent medical robots based on 5G technology can help
medical staff perform tasks such as guiding, disinfecting, ◆Remote ◆Patient ◆Remote ◆Infrared
cleaning and delivering medicine [6]. This helps to achieve consultation transfer vehicle visit body
fast, flexible and safe daily care work, and improve the level ◆Remote ◆Mobile cart ◆ temperature
of isolation and control of wards. At the same time, it also CT rounds Psychological monitoring
helps to release the limited medical care resources from the ◆Remote ◆Disinfection counseling ◆Patrol
heavy daily disinfection and cleaning work, and devote them ultrasound or distribution ◆Work robot
to other complex nursing work that requires manual ◆Remote car deployment monitoring
intervention. ECG ◆Operation and training ◆Drone
monitoring assistance ◆Progress monitoring
2.4 Public area control stage ◆Cloud ◆Wear Live ◆Wearing
detection protective equipment
Body temperature is the first indicator of epidemic and analysis clothing monitoring
monitoring. Hospitals, stations, airports, shopping malls and
other public places need to focus on monitoring body In Table.2 we summarize the effects achieved by the
temperature. The resumption of business requires the application of 5G remote diagnosis and treatment. It can
employees to check their body temperature every day. share doctor resources, reduce doctor exposure risks, and
provide patients with efficient and timely diagnosis and
Using 5G thermal imaging technology can quickly complete treatment.
the temperature measurement and body temperature
monitoring of a large number of personnel. The temperature
measurement accuracy can reach ±0.3℃. When someone's
body temperature exceeds the alarm temperature threshold,
the device will alarm, and at the same time, the video and
response data will be accurately and quickly transmitted to a
large screen or cloud platform in real time. This can help the

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