Recently the Emergency Medicine docs at TamingtheSRU.com and University of Cincinnati Emergency Medicine Residency Program have been sharing some innovate first person videos focused on procedures in the ED. Here is an example of pericardiocentesis.
You may be familiar with the diminutive Go Pro (GoPro.com) as the camera of choice for extreme sports enthusiasts, but it has several advantages for filming medical teaching videos. In the aforementioned case Dr. Hinckley, one of the faculty physicians donned a chest harness to mount the camera. You can see it in the reflection in the video. The camera itself is capable of recording in 1080p (or even 4K for the black edition).
For the image quality to come from such a remarkably small package is amazing. The current Hero 3+ weighs 74g (2.6oz) and is 2.30 x 1.55 x 0.08 inches. There are clamps and mounts for standard tripods as well as other types of equipment (like a surfboard). You can also get waterproof housing – which may be beneficial in medical settings.
Check out a couple more of the first person teaching videos and consider the GoPro as an option if you’re in the market for a compact video camera that will shoot superior footage to your smartphone.
