Tap into the NIO for Easy, Safe Intraosseous Access
Intraosseous (IO) access was first introduced in 1922, but soon fell out of favor with the emergence of IV catheters. Even when IO was picked back up to benefit peripheral IV in the 1980s, it was only indicated for children 6 years old or under. (Crit Care 2016;20:102.) But that changed with the invention of automatic IO devices like the New Intraosseous device (NIO).The NIO is designed for emergency physicians, paramedics, military medics, and practitioners who treat medical emergencies involving patients with difficult venous access or the need to administer drugs or fluids, among others. It is a single-use aut...
Source: Technology & Inventions - February 28, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Vein Visualization Aids Providers
Vein visualization is a growing technology used to aid venipuncture and avoid complications. Two systems, the VeinViewer and VeinViewer Flex by Christie Medical and AccuVein AV400, project near-infared light on skin to see veins in real time.The small VeinViewer model is a handheld vein illuminator, and the VeinViewer Flex is designed for durability. The illuminators use HD imaging and digital full field technology. The projected near-infrared light is absorbed by the blood and reflected by surrounding tissue. The information is captured, processed, and projected digitally in real time directly onto the surface of th...
Source: Technology & Inventions - April 18, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Killing Bacteria with Light
Study after study has pointed out the scary bugs lurking in hospitals and emergency departments, and Indigo-Clean has developed a technology using visible light that continuously disinfects the environment and bolsters infection prevention efforts.The 405 nanometers emitted from the light reflect off walls and surfaces, penetrating microorganisms and targeting the porphyrins that exist inside bacteria. The light is absorbed, and the excited molecules produce reactive oxygen species inside the cell, similar to the effects of bleach. This inactivates the bacteria, preventing them from repopulating the space.The standard whit...
Source: Technology & Inventions - April 18, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Extracting Data from ED EMRs
d2i provides cloud-based performance dashboards, key metric analytics, and peer benchmarks for emergency departments. Its clients use out-of–the-box solutions to monitor and benchmark every aspect of their emergency department, including incremental patient and service turnaround times, productivity, practice variation, satisfaction, quality measures, and risk.The company also offers a data clearinghouse subscription service. The critical success factor for both services is getting data from hospital EMRs and then processing the data using the analytics platform, cleaning it, normalizing it, and integrating it into...
Source: Technology & Inventions - December 20, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
A Solution for ED Documentation
TAPSemr, an electronic physician documentation system designed specifically for the emergency department, was created by emergency physicians frustrated with current EMR systems that they said are adequate for some specialties but are impractical in the ED.TAPSemr uses tablets that the company provides to users. Each tablet has handwriting recognition, an electronic pen, dual batteries for hot swapping, rubber casing to reduce heat, a suspended hard drive to withstand falls, splash resistance, and a quick release dock for charging and using as a desktop computer. The system is portable and does not require the use...
Source: Technology & Inventions - December 20, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Time-Saving Communication and Care Coordination
Pulsara, a digital health care communication and care coordination company, aims to improve the lives of patients and caregivers through innovative communication. The platform leverages mobile technology to get all care team members on the same page, eliminating the frustrations and communication errors that come with EMS radio reports, fax machines, email, pagers, non-HIPAA-compliant texts, and incorrect call lists.Pulsara is complex behind the scenes, but all health care providers need is a simple app on their Android or iOS device; EMS can also use a web browser to access it. Pulsara currently has STEMI and stroke...
Source: Technology & Inventions - December 20, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Twiage Wins AMA Innovation Challenge
The American Medical Association selected Twiage as the winner of its Healthier Nation Innovation Challenge, a nationwide competition for physician-led medical technology innovations. Twiage, a smartphone app, allows emergency medical services personnel to send patient demographics, vital signs, ECGs, photos, and videos to hospital emergency departments in real-time. Twiage founder YiDing Yu, MD, said failures in communication lead to delays in emergency departments, which in turn result in $2.1 billion in excess costs to health systems each year. She said Twiage addresses a need to accelerate and streamline life-saving...
Source: Technology & Inventions - July 6, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
The Byrd Takes Flight in UAV Market
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ProDrone Technology released the Byrd, the latest product in its portfolio of unmanned aerial vehicles.
The portable consumer drone collapses to the size of an iPad, and may be useful for emergency responders through its small payload attachment that can drop medicine or a GPS once a person is found. The Byrd, named after American aviator Richard E. Byrd, also has a 30 percent longer battery life than others within the same category, and supports several different combinations, including a 4k camera, 1080P camera, infrared camera, and GoPro.
Complete portability and a true customer ...
Source: Technology & Inventions - January 4, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
