stackyFACTSPediatricians are now diagnosing life-threatening asthma attacks purely by sound over a webcam. Through modern telehealth platforms, remote triage nurses are trained to analyze the exact acoustic frequency of a child's wheeze and the mechanical clicking of an Albuterol spacer to determine if an ER visit is immediately necessary.
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