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Tag: cardiac arrest
Activating nearby Good Samaritans through their mobile phone improves delivery of CPR
Automated, mobile phone based system can help get critical early CPR to patients with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Interview with Bernard Klocman, CEO of Wriskwatch, the wearable HR monitor
Bernard Klocman and his company envision a day in the near future when all patients admitted to the hospital will receive an inexpensive, essentially disposable, wrist-worn life monitor instead of the traditional hospital bracelets.
Recent study describes a smartphone based alert system that could save lives in cardiac arrests
A study describes a smartphone based alert system to help alert volunteers to nearby cardiac arrests, speeding initiation of CPR and defibrillation when seconds count.
Emergency Medical Technologies Wriskwatch effective as a wrist-worn cardiac arrest monitor
Emergency Medical Technologies (EMT) recently published the first in man, prospective, single-blinded, phase I study to evaluate a novel, watch-based pulse detection device in the journal Heart Rhythm. The sensor used in the study is EMT’s Wriskwatch(tm), which has the look and feel of a normal wristwatch, but acts as both a motion sensor and a pulse sensor designed to identify a patient in cardiac arrest, and features built-in fall detection and panic button.
