Patient Transport Articles
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Best Wound Care Kits & Solutions for Seniors
Each wound tells a unique life story, whether it's from a sudden accident or a chronic condition. Wound care is important, especially for the elderly. Giving them only love and care is far from enough, but you also need to learn how to effectively manage different types of wounds. In this article, we will discuss the best senior wound care solutions, quality senior care products, and provide ...
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How Proper Packaging Improves the Shelf Life of Medical Devices
Medical devices are incredibly important in today’s world. They play a significant role in the treatment and prevention of various medical conditions. However, their effectiveness can be compromised if they are not packaged correctly. Packaging is an essential component of maintaining the integrity and shelf life of medical devices, especially during transportation and storage. Read on ...
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Transforming Rapid Transfusion in Hemorrhagic Shock - Case Study
As an emergency physician, I routinely have to make quick decisions that can impact the direction and quality of care for my patients. With the current high nursing turnover and short-staffing on many shifts, these decisions are even more important, as they can also positively or negatively impact provider stress and patient flow. Streamlined care for critical patients is extremely helpful to ...
By 410 Medical
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Rehabilitation after CVA - Case Study
Rehabilitation of Sofie, 53 years Active 50+ Acute phase CVA - Hemiplegia left Cognitive difficulties (memory impairment) Currently, Sofie moves around using a wheelchair. The current goal of her therapy is to strengthen the trunk and hip muscles and improve the Range of Motion of the lower limbs. Below we show how Sofie's conventional exercise therapy can be digitised. Research has ...
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Improving Clinical Practice Can Benefit Staff and Patients - Case Study
Background A 16 y/o male with a history of irritable bowel disease presents to the Emergency Department vomiting blood. He has an ostomy in place. His initial vital signs were BP 82/59, HR 160, SI 1.95. He was ill-appearing, with skin gray and ashen. The staff placed a 20-gauge peripheral IV and infused a 1-liter NS bolus using the LifeFlow PLUS and the QinFlow Warrior blood and fluid warmer. ...
By 410 Medical
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How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Improving Accessibility
The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly changed the social landscape. Adapting has been a challenge for everyone. However, some disabled people are seeing an upside: better accessibility. While the pandemic reshapes the world in unexpected ways, we owe it to ourselves to find out which of these changes are for the ...
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Bilateral Insufficiency Fractures in an Oncology Patient Treatment with the CurvaFix IM System - Case Study
CASE PRESENTATION A 70-year-old female recently diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer presented with acute new onset of lower back pain. The patient was taking chemotherapy, participating in a drug therapy trial, and had received radiation therapy. There was no history of acute trauma to the pelvic or acetabular region. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed bilateral fragility fractures, with ...
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Sacral Insufficiency Fractures in a Geriatric Patient Treatment with the Curvafix IM System - Case Study
CASE PRESENTATION A 70-year-old female had a ground-level fall. Computed tomography imaging showed sacral insufficiency fractures in the left ala. No lumbar fracture was observed. Conservative treatment was initiated but the patient was referred 6 weeks post injury, unable to mobilize with a walker and needing a wheelchair. There was no anterior pelvic pain with palpation or weight bearing, but ...
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Shoulder Subluxations (aka Slipped Shoulders) After Stroke
Introduction: What Is A Subluxation? Following the onset of a stroke, it is common that the hemiparetic arm may experience something called a subluxation or “slipped shoulder”. This is a very common impairment that follows in the wake of arm weakness caused by a stroke. Shoulder subluxations occur in the glenohumeral joint of the shoulder. This is the area in which the humerus (bone ...
By Neurolutions
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Needle-Free: A Nurse`s Perspective
According to the CDC, nurses are affected by needle stick injuries more than any other single professional group.¹ We sat down with a nurse who works in a hospital located in the Greater Boston Area to discuss instances of needle stick injuries. To keep the identity of the nurse secret, we have used an alternate name Jane. Portal Instruments: The CDC estimates about ...
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The Biggest Needs of an Aging Household
Aging is challenging for everyone. Your body deteriorates, your brain deteriorates, and you become old. Residences need to be accommodated in order to serve a different set of needs, and moving around is just not what it used to be. As people grow older, they increasingly seek to spend more time at home, or whatever place they call home. An old person’s place is often designed to ...
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3 Ways to Get your Mobility Back After an Injury
Getting older means facing more kinds of challenges. Suddenly, there is a need for a caregiver, and mobility isn’t as easy as it once was. Additionally, everyday objects and homes can become a nuisance for movement and safety. As people grow older, injuries become more serious, since they begin to have more of an effect on mobility in the future. For lots of elders, a bad injury can ...
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How Medical Devices can Help People with Disabilities Become More Independent
At Tubus Technology we believe that all people should have the same opportunities. That includes opportunities online in an ever-evolving digital world. If you’re suffering from physical limitations in your upper limps you know that is difficult. In this article we review some of the different diagnoses that cause paralyzation in arms and hands. Then we assess some of the assistive ...
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EluNIR DES in a Challenging Case - Case Study
Background: This paper describes a challenging case of implantation of the EluNIR™ Ridaforolimus eluting elastomeric stent (Medinol Ltd.). This complex case involved a patient with a flow-limiting lesion in a native coronary artery post bypass surgery. The new EluNIR stent system includes a stent with a low metal footprint that comprises struts of variable width: ultra-narrow struts ...
By Medinol
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EluNIR First-in-Patient Implantation- Case Study
Background This paper outlines the first in-patient implantation of the EluNIR™ ridaforolimus eluting elastomeric stent (Medinol Ltd.). This complex case involved a patient with a flow-limiting lesion in a native coronary artery post bypass surgery. The new EluNIR stent system includes a stent with a low metal footprint which comprises struts of variable width: ultra-narrow struts having ...
By Medinol
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A Contemporary Review of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Pathophysiology, treatment options and hot topics
Pathophysiology, treatment options and hot topics Improvements In Stemi Treatment The immediate and long-term prognosis of patients experiencing an ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has changed dramatically since the introduction of coronary reperfusion therapies during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI). The evolution of these therapies accelerated with the ...
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PTR Robots meet public demands and strengthen care solutions - Case Study
The development of PTR Robots Hospitals spend a lot of resources on conventional patient handling procedures which led Project University Hospital Køge to look for more efficient and flexible alternatives, that would benefit both patient and caregiver and integrate rehabilitation in the daily care routines. The purpose was also to create one solution that fits all situations to avoid ...
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How to Attract Patients to Your O&P Practice
As an orthotics and prosthetics practice, attracting and retaining patients can be challenging. While there are millions of limb loss patients around the world, they may all be searching for different solutions. Consequently, it’s important to showcase your professional talents as a clinician as well as offer custom solutions to your patients’ needs. But, not to worry. We’ve ...
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FAQs About Bionic Hands: Answered
Whether you’re looking for your first prosthetic hand or you’ve been using prostheses for years, many patients have questions about bionic hands. After all, bionic hands are relatively new to the prosthetic market, and with such advanced technology, patients are curious about how they work. For this reason, we’ve compiled a list of frequently asked questions regarding bionic ...
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Q&A: The value of patient engagement technology, insights from Dr. Michael Bradley
With a mission to provide the best patient experience in the industry, the team at Ortho Rhode Island (ORI) is always seeking new ways to enhance their services, so patients not only have confidence that they will have the best outcomes, they can tell that their experience with ORI matters too. In our interview with Dr. Michael Bradley, CEO and President at Ortho Rhode Island, he shares his ...
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