The Role of Fifth-Generation Mobile Technology in Prehospital Emergency Care: An Opportunity to Support Paramedics

•Paramedics have difficulty or challenges associated with assessing the patient status and providing appropriate prehospital care.•Increasingly, there have been efforts to improve emergency medical services (EMS) systems with new technology or mechanisms, including 5 G technology.•5 G technology has beneficial features including high speed and the broader network, the highly-reliable and low latency communication, and improved privacy and security.•Applying 5 G network in prehospital emergency care can help paramedics deliver EMS to the patient promptly and adequately.