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19/02/2010
Frontline Medics Get New Equipment
Armed Forces medics in Afghanistan are now able to use an innovative piece of emergency kit to help save the lives of wounded personnel.
The state of the art EnFlowTM 100 Rapid Blood and Fluid Warmer quickly heats up blood and vital fluids to ensure that they reach vital organs and injured areas fast, without affecting the patient’s core temperature.
This reduces the risk of complications such as hypothermia and coagulopathy - the inability of the blood to clot after trauma.
Six sets, which are able to be used on board emergency medical helicopters, have been sent to Afghanistan as part of a £35,000 contract supplied to the MoD by Prometheus Medical Ltd.
A further two sets, for training purposes, are also included in the package.
Flight Lieutenant Fiona McGlynn, Commanding Office of a Medical Emergency Response Team based at Camp Bastion, said many of those treated for hypovolaemic shock are in need of a transfusion.
"Giving them cold blood straight from our supplies can have an adverse effect on their overall body temperature and impact on their recovery.
"The EnFlow will enable us to warm the blood before we carry out a transfusion and ensure the patient arrives in hospital in the best possible condition."
Dr Malcolm Russell, Managing Director of Prometheus Medical, said hypothermia in trauma is a "real killer" but the EnFlow fluid warmer goes some way to redress this problem.
"We are delighted to be awarded this contract and look forward to fully supporting the Defence Medical Services in its outstanding efforts to provide the wounded with the best possible care."
(PR/GK)
The state of the art EnFlowTM 100 Rapid Blood and Fluid Warmer quickly heats up blood and vital fluids to ensure that they reach vital organs and injured areas fast, without affecting the patient’s core temperature.
This reduces the risk of complications such as hypothermia and coagulopathy - the inability of the blood to clot after trauma.
Six sets, which are able to be used on board emergency medical helicopters, have been sent to Afghanistan as part of a £35,000 contract supplied to the MoD by Prometheus Medical Ltd.
A further two sets, for training purposes, are also included in the package.
Flight Lieutenant Fiona McGlynn, Commanding Office of a Medical Emergency Response Team based at Camp Bastion, said many of those treated for hypovolaemic shock are in need of a transfusion.
"Giving them cold blood straight from our supplies can have an adverse effect on their overall body temperature and impact on their recovery.
"The EnFlow will enable us to warm the blood before we carry out a transfusion and ensure the patient arrives in hospital in the best possible condition."
Dr Malcolm Russell, Managing Director of Prometheus Medical, said hypothermia in trauma is a "real killer" but the EnFlow fluid warmer goes some way to redress this problem.
"We are delighted to be awarded this contract and look forward to fully supporting the Defence Medical Services in its outstanding efforts to provide the wounded with the best possible care."
(PR/GK)
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