Vidacare Launches New EZ-IO LD Needle

On behalf of Vidacare, Prometheus Medical would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to a new addition to the EZ-IO line of products, the EZ-IO LD Needleset. 

As all clinicians are aware, there is a growing population of patients that have more tissue over the insertion sites which makes reaching the intraosseous space more difficult.  Whether the excess tissue is due to large musculature, oedema or obesity, the ability to provide Immediate Vascular Access to these patients is more challenging. For this population Vidacare introducing the new 45mm LD Needle set.  The LD needle set has the same patented design as the PD and AD Needlesets currently in use, and will work with all of the drivers.  The LD Needleset is marked with 5mm marks to aid in placement.  Vidacare have also developed a full set of training materials specifically for this product. 

When the EZ-IO was first introduced in 2004, the only needle set available was the AD needle set designed for use on patients weighing 39 kg or more. Thousands of EMS services and Hospitals from around the world have adopted this, and are actively using the product. 

In 2006 Vidacare introduced the PD needle set, designed for use in patients weighing less than 39 kg.  This has provided a significant advancement over the manual IO needles historically used and has resulted in both increased and improved IO access in this patient population. 

The PD Needleset is 15 mm in length, and the AD is 25 mm.  This is effective for the majority of patients but in response to multiple user requests for a longer needle, Vidacare has continued its tradition of being a leader in intraosseous access by producing the 45 mm length LD needle set. 

The EZ-IO LD Needle Set is expected to be in inventory at the end of October and Prometheus is happy to accept pre-orders now.

Prometheus becomes UK Distributor for North American Rescue Products (NARP)

Prometheus Medical is pleased to announce that they have recently become the sole UK distributor for North American Rescue Products (NARP). 

NARP provide an integrated suite of tactical/rescue product lines based on rigorous research, development and evaluation processes encompassing the following areas:

• Personal Protection
• Extraction
• Triage
• Airway & Breathing Management
• Haemorrhage Control & Vascular Access
• Casualty Response Kits
• Trauma Management Accessories
• Evacuation Platforms & Accessories
• Casualty Immobilisation
• Diagnostic Equipment

You will be able to view and order all of these products on our webshop very soon but, in the meantime, please click here to enquire: mailto:enquiries@prometheusmed.com

To view the NARP catalogue click here: http://www.narescue.com/

Prometheus Medical is now the sole distributor of the InSpectra StO2 System for the MOD & Emergency Services.

Prometheus Medical has recently become sole UK distributor of the InSpectra StO2 System to the MOD, Emergency Services and Major Incident market.

The InSpectra StO2 System is a tissue oxygen saturation monitor. It measures oxygen in the capillary bed of muscle (usually in the hand) to give valuable information about perfusion and oxygenation. Recording each 2-second measurement, the InSpectra StO2 System is incredibly responsive and gives clinicians a valuable tool to help measure shock in the trauma victim. Unlike most pulse oximeters which measure saturation of blood in an artery, the InSpectra StO2 System does not require a pulse or blood pressure to make a measurement. It can therefore be used in very low-flow states or even cardiac arrest.

The InSpectra StO2 System is available now!

BGAN Broadband Global Area Network

Prometheus Technologies provides BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) Satellite Broadband service. Partnered with Inmarsat and fully supported by Thales we are able to draw upon a huge support network, as well as producing and providing our own innovative satellite technology solutions.

Remote Access

BGAN allows us to equip our customers with fast streaming internet-based solutions almost anywhere on the earth’s surface. Supported by a constellation of the most advanced communications satellites in Geo-stationary orbit, we can provide sessions of up to 435kbps. That’s the equivalent to having approximately 10 dial up Internet connections simultaneously delivering your data to anywhere on the internet from almost anywhere on the planet.

Improved Technology

Leave your concept of a Sat Phone behind, unless you’re operating in a Polar Region, the old traditional Sat Phone has been replaced by BGAN as its digital equivalent. The advent of BGAN is analogous to when mobile phone handsets moved from being analogue bulky units, to digital 3G networked personal devices.

Cost Effective

If you’re in a party of personnel who all desire remote communications, then BGAN provides a per minute billing solution to access the Internet anywhere on the planet. An expeditionary party at Everest Base camp needing multiple Sat Phones can dramatically realise cost savings by switching to BGAN, whilst receiving Broadband Internet. All office style communications, Phone, Fax, Internet, email, Video Conferencing, Skype, MSN, GoogleEarth, GIS Services, can all be provided through a single BGAN terminal.

Easy to Use

Prometheus has trialed BGAN terminals with novice users in urban and mountain environments. The average time for a novice, who has never seen the equipment before to connect to the Internet is less than 4 minutes. In under 4 minutes any user can contact the emergency services, call for medical reachback, (with the potential for full video streaming) upload vital information regarding their whereabouts, conditions etc. or just send their parents an email saying they’re safe and well. BGAN makes the connection; you decide what to send.

Fast

Full HDTV streaming services (using H264 compression) are available to foreign correspondents, journalists, remote workers, or travelling personnel.

Imagine connecting 1, 10, 100 networked computers to a remote terminal and using BGAN as your satellite backhaul to the office. VPN, FTP, secure sessions can all be supported, the only limitations to BGAN are within your mind. 

Prometheus Technologies differentiate themselves from the rest of the market by being able to provide entire solutions to end users. Specialising in remote wireless data communications, we can provide solutions from remote access solar powered CCTV systems, through to trekking kits for schools and expeditions and Military grade encryption based systems for vehicles on the move. 

Do you need remote access to people. information or sensors? Prometheus Technologies can advise, design and package solutions for the broadband planet.

Click here for BGAN Video

Baseline Tactical Medical Support Course

Dates for 2008

Olaes™ Modular Bandage and the Blast™ Bandage

As the sole UK distributor, Prometheus is delighted to announce the CE certification of the Olaes™ Modular Bandage and Blast™ Bandage. These outstanding products are already becoming well established in the US as trauma dressings and are now fully available for use in the UK.

The Olaes™ Modular Bandage is sold in the UK as a 4” dressing with novel features that make it stand out in its application in major haemorrhage control. The dressing includes a pressure cup to apply pressure right onto the wound, highly elastic bandage to allow pressure to be applied rapidly and effectively, easy fastening (no complex mechanism or pins) and the dressing itself is packed with 3 metres of removable gauze.

The Blast™ Bandage is unique in being a 20” x 20” pad with an elasticated bandage attached which allows a traumatic amputation or large wound to be dressed rapidly and with ease, and with pressure over the stump to help control bleeding. This is very difficult to achieve normally , but the Blast™ Bandage makes the whole process so much easier. 

Not only useful on the battlefield, these dressings have huge utility in the civilian pre-hospital trauma field where current bandages and dressings are often woefully inadequate in dealing with catastrophic haemorrhage. 

The Olaes™ Modular Bandage and Blast™ Bandage are each priced at £5.75+VAT and are available now. 

Click here to make an enquiry or order.