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How available information is combined
The assessment methodology keeps source, context, and uncertainty visible. Device readings, helper counts, conversation details, and experimental estimates remain distinct; missing information stays missing rather than becoming zero.
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Ask what is already in the home
Before anyone is sent to fetch equipment, the call asks what is there: a blood-pressure cuff, a pulse oximeter, a thermometer, a glucose meter, a watch. A reading from the last hour can be said in ordinary words.
02
A helper can count
When a second person is in the room, they can tap once for each breath, or each beat, for thirty seconds. The count is labelled as a helper’s count. It is not dressed up as a monitor.
03
The phone can take a turn
A short code opens the same call on a phone. A fingertip over the camera and its light can add a pulse. The web conversation does not start again from zero.
04
What the clinician is allowed to trust
A device reading and a helper’s count can support the colour. A camera estimate cannot score the contact, and it cannot send anyone home. A missing item is written as not recorded.