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10 Things Every Paramedic Should Know About Capnography, By Peter Canning, EMT-P
A current excellent and educational article. Jan 13, 2007, 11:37

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Apple introduces "iPhone" medical device
Apple's iPhone has got a lot of people excited... including the Medgadget crew. Why? Well, among its other uses, it's a powerful medical device. Jan 11, 2007, 17:57

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»  Pandemic Influenza Computer Tools
If you are responsible for planning for a pandemic for your agency or your community, you may want to take a minute to check out these computer tools

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Remote Treatment of Emergency Victims
BioBlower Aug 4, 2006, 13:19

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»  Bell Helicopter + Urban Aeronautics Unveil New Vehicle
The X-Hawk™ offers the vertical lift performance features of a helicopter, but without exposed rotors. A fancraft™ is an ideal candidate for emergency medical services (EMS) on the commercial side.

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»  ER physician engineers efforts to develop products that save lives
Friend and paramedic Nick Davila was in a fatal automobile accident. Doctors tried to sustain his life, but because they couldn't find a vein to insert an IV and administer life-saving fluids in time, Davila lost too much blood and died. "I made up my mind that this was never going to happen again," Miller says.

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»  Life-Saving Devices
PDAs, cell phones, they're not just for organization and conversation. Many of today's hottest electronic devices are being adapted to improve medical care.

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New Device Could Enable More Accurate Injections
Vein Finder uses Doppler ultrasound to help medical personnel find veins Jan 16, 2006, 19:00

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»  Q-CPR Measurement and feedback talking tool
It talks paramedics through CPR and shuts up when they get it right

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»  Unwiring the Ambulance
Driven by the need for speed, coupled with new regulatory pressure, ambulance-based Wi-Fi could be a thing of the not-too-distant future.

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»  Cameras installed into emergency vehicles
"The public wants everyone to be accountable for their actions and the cameras allow for that," said Lt. Todd Plunkett of the Baldwin service.

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»  Bariatric Ambulance Ramp
"If we had the right equipment, two people could handle the heavier people," said Mark Swartz, an EMT in New York City.

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»  Super Ambulances Rigged with Life-Saving Equipment
The Army developed and gave permission for the ambulances to use their special digital technology to help out after the recent hurricanes.

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»  New Smart Card System to Coordinate First Responders in National Capital Region
The First Responder Partnership Initiative (FRPI) is designed as a model for other regions to enhance cooperation and efficiency between state and local first responders and their federal counterparts.

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Futuristic Ambulance A Reality
Aug 26, 2005, 02:07

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»  Portable Brain Scanners in Ambulances
A hi-tech portable brain scanner which could revolutionise the care of stroke patients

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»  Pee-powered battery
The credit-card sized unit could be a useful power source for cheap healthcare test kits for diseases like diabetes

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»  "Black Box" For Humans
For those who ask, "What good is space research?"...here's an answer.

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»  Free Mobile Medic Software
A new and free PDA based Ambulance Trip Ticket Software System is available for download.

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»  I DEFINITELY want this for our heart monitor
And chances are it will greatly outlast any heart monitor

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»  Free PDA Software for First Responders
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), a component of the National Institutes of Health, has announced the release of a PDA software tool designed to help first responders when they arrive at a hazardous material (Hazmat) incident, such as a chemical spill.

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»  Vein Contrast Enhancer Device Locates Veins The First Time
It looks like a ghoulish Halloween trick. Yet the device, which projects a creepy green video image of a patient’s veins onto their skin, is aimed at preventing the discomfort and delay of botched attempts to pierce veins for injections and blood tests, and to cut the time it takes to set up potentially life-saving intravenous drips.

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»  Heart Sounds Sent From Rig to Doctor
In Florida, Collier County on the west coast is the first in the country to equip rescue units with the new device

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Emerging technology found may require some further assembly
Perry says the device, which is being used by local paramedics, has already saved hundreds of lives and could have saved many more had it come to the market sooner. But VidaCare was forced to spend nearly two years searching for funding to help get its device off the drawing board and into practice. Mar 7, 2005, 08:44

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»  Tiny USB Flash Drive Holds Patients HealthCare Data
From a Tiny USB Flash Drive Carried on a Keyring, EMS and Other Healthcare Providers Can Now Have Quick Access to a Patient's Emergency HealthCare Data, Including Pictures

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»  Octopus Surgery; just what the heart needs
Not pre-hospital, but very interesting

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»  Custom Segway built for EMS
The newest line of Segways – customized in-house by Segway of Oakland’s professional staff – will appeal directly to emergency response personnel.

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»  Medevac Flights Under Scrutiny May Go Hi-Tech
Thirty-seven people died in 12 crashes during medical-evacuation flights last year

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»  Medical history computer device planned
MedicAlert, a non-profit company known for health care information bracelets, plans to market a USB device that can store personal medical records.

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»  Robotic Rescue
 
The first prototypes of a new, unmanned ambulance should be ready for the Army to start testing. The U.S. Department of Defense recently awarded a $1 million Small Business Innovative Research contract to Applied Perception Inc. (API), a spin-off of Carnegie Mellon University that develops and licenses robotics-related technologies, to build two GPS-enabled robotic vehicle prototypes designed to partner for remote-controlled wounded soldier extraction and secure sentry/reconnaissance.

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From Iowa Farmland To Your Ambulance; The Invention of New EMS equipment
From Iowa Farmland To Your Ambulance; The Invention of New EMS equipment.
An exclusive article about an innovation in EMS equipment.
(.pdf format) Nov 25, 2004, 02:36

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»  Medicine Meets Digital Age
Bill Cyr is a paramedic with Boston Med Flight. In his job, there's no time to check medical books, so his PDA is critical.

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»  14th World Conference on Disaster Management An Eye Opener
Technology is an essential part of virtually all disaster readiness and management. Illustrating this point was the conference's accompanying trade show, which was well populated with vendors pitching a range of technological products beyond bomb disposal robots, and emergency pop-up medical and decontamination facilities. The IT area contained crisis management software, secure data backup, GIS-based disaster management and emergency satellite communication systems, among others.

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»  Japanese team develops live video system for ambulances
A public research institute has developed a system that can send high-definition video of a patient from an ambulance to a hospital via cell phone.

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»  Dogtag Documentation
Getting medical charts from the battlefield to a combat support hospital to a bricks-and-mortar hospital has long been a challenge for care providers.

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»  PDA Version of the 2004 Emergency Response Guide

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»  Tractor-Trailer Ambulances?

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»  DuPont Developing New Protective Suits For Military, First Responders
DuPont last week announced promising research in the fight against terrorism with the development of protective materials that are resistant to chemical and biological agents.

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»  Poll Results: Transmit patient information via telemetry

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»  The Pupilometer
'Better' head injury test devised

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»  FDA to debate request for over-the-counter sales; Scientists weigh the arguments of defibrillators in homes
Next week, the Food and Drug Administration's scientific advisers will debate Philips' request for over-the-counter sales. FDA's chief concern is whether ordinary people can figure out proper use on their own.

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»  LifeShirts monitor...well, your life

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»  Voice ID expected to be a boon in emergencies

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»  Telemedicine via satellite – the way forward


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For those who just can't live without it...
..even though some of us wish you could... :-) Free ambulance ring tones for your cell phone Jul 7, 2004, 13:49

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Emergency Vehicles and Round-Abouts
Since I am shortly to be faced with using the first round-about in my area (it's on my way to work) I was curious about how it functions and how EMS and Fire vehicles will fare going round-and-round. :-) So, for those interested in how a round-about will work regarding emergency vehicles, here is nice Flash movie showing just that. It was done in Grand Junction Colorado. Jul 6, 2004, 20:32

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»  Important uses for military and rescue operations; Israeli invention sees through walls
The pictures, which reportedly resemble those produced by ultrasound, are relatively high-resolution and are produced in real time.

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FCC's Pending Decision Fails Emergency 1st Responders and Public, Warns 9-11
Jun 24, 2004, 10:27

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