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BOZEMAN, MT -- January 10, 2019 - Pulsara announced today the upcoming release of app version 10.3. Full release notes are as follows:
Hello and Happy 2019!
We thought we’d start this year off with a bang by announcing the release of Pulsara Version 10.3 - ZOLL ECG integration!
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Special thanks to Arron Paduaevans for writing today's blog post. You can connect with him on LinkedIn.
As emergency medical professionals — including paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and firefighters — one of the greatest risks we encounter is damage to our own mental health. As emergency medical technicians and paramedics, we are the first line of emergency responders to accidents, crime scenes, and natural disasters. As such, we encompass a serious and vital role in emergency preparedness.
As first responders, it is our duty to provide emergency services in the immediate aftershock of crises and disasters, both manmade and natural. Time spent in affected areas can be a few moments up to several months, often working long days under demanding and traumatic conditions, observing the human injuries, physical devastation and psychological destruction that can go along with tragedies and catastrophes.
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BOZEMAN, MT -- December 4, 2018 -- Pulsara has repeatedly been recognized as a leading innovator in mobile healthcare communications and has recently garnered the distinction of receiving the 2018 EMS World Innovation Award. Identified as a finalist earlier this fall, Pulsara received the winning news this month. With the addition of Consult, Transfer and Video capabilities, the company’s mission to unite caregivers by connecting healthcare teams continues to shine through in their product advancements.
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BOZEMAN, MT -- December 3, 2018 - Pulsara announced today the release of app version 10.1. Full release notes are as follows:
Pulsara recently released version 10.0 which included Cardiac Arrest, Trauma and Sepsis modules (fun fact: around the Pulsara office we fondly refer to this release as CATS — because it’s fierce and gives you cat-like reflexes when dealing with time sensitive emergencies … and, because, you know, acronyms).
But, we just couldn’t stay away from you, so we’re back with Pulsara version 10.1, which focuses on alerting improvements inspired by clinicians like you.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Special thanks to Jeff Jensen for writing today's blog post. You can connect with him on LinkedIn.
Last February, the American Heart Association committed to saving 50,000 additional lives from in-hospital sudden cardiac arrest by 2025. In July, they announced RQI 2020 that offers a comprehensive end-to-end quality improvement program designed to deliver higher quality of CPR to health care systems. The market debut will be January of 2019 through its newly formed joint venture with Laerdal, RQI Partners, LLC.
So what is RQI?
Resuscitation Quality Improvement, or RQI, is intended to improve Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) skills, while also making training more convenient for healthcare providers. Students can take the cognitive components of testing online and then test their psychomotor skills with real-time feedback by performing CPR at mobile Simulation Stations (such as SIM-MT, the state-wide simulation project based in Pulsara's home town of Bozeman, MT) equipped with adult and infant manikins.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Special thanks to Justin Baker for writing today's blog post. You can connect with him on LinkedIn.
A common problem that I have found in healthcare is that many people in this field have a strong tendency to choose the most inexpensive solution, even when it's at the detriment of productivity or outcomes. Even as solutions like Pulsara continue to demonstrate advancements and progress, we also continue to run into road blocks because of this mindset. When having discussions with hospital leadership members, we hear the same responses continuously: “This is a great product and would be very beneficial, but we don’t have the funding for it.” Or: “The current solution that we are using doesn’t cost us a thing. The two main transferring hospitals pay for it, so why would we want to pay for a product?”
These outlying facilities definitely see the benefit in the product, but ultimately not enough to put in the work to find a way to include it in the budget. There is documented proof that eighty percent of serious medical errors involve miscommunication between caregivers during transition of care. So why as an industry do we continue to choose the cheap way out of things when that means using solutions that contribute to this problem rather than addressing it?
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article originally appeared on EMS1.com. Special thanks to our guest author, Rachel Zoch of EMS1 BrandFocus.
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As so-called “self-driving” technology advances, there are more and more stories about autonomous vehicles in the media. Some are positive accounts of the possibilities this technology offers for improved safety or efficiency – others are cautionary tales about crashes and other potential dangers.
But what does autonomous vehicle technology mean for EMS? How will self-driving cars interact with ambulances? Will ambulances themselves become autonomous?
This article answers five key questions to help providers understand what the increasing use of autonomous vehicles means for EMS:
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BOZEMAN, MT -- October 31, 2018 -- In keeping with the Pulsara integration program, Pulsara is happy to announce the capability to share a diagnostic quality 12-lead ECG directly from ZOLL X Series monitors. Communicating directly with the monitor reduces time, allowing EMS providers to provide needed hospital communication without added steps.
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NASHVILLE, TN -- October 29, 2018 -- Pulsara will be unveiling critical new elements of its technology during the EMS World Expo conference this week in Nashville. Pulsara provides a real-time communication network in hospitals and across entities and regions—driving quality improvement and better patient coordination. The technology solution is being used by regional healthcare systems across the U.S. and Australia.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following article first appeared in EMS World, and was authored by Shawna Renga, AS, NREMT-P. Shawna is a writer and paramedic in California, where she also serves as an instructor at the United States Coast Guard Medical Support Services School.
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In southeastern Australia, a team of healthcare providers has launched a new initiative to improve care for patients with stroke by synchronizing all aspects of communication and treatment beginning the moment the patient is first seen by responding emergency medical personnel. Initial results have shown significant reductions in treatment times, potentially leading to improved outcomes for victims of the devastating condition.
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BOZEMAN, MT -- October 16, 2018 -- Pulsara is proud to announce that its care communication platform now integrates into all major EHRs including Epic, Cerner, and Allscripts. The foundation of Pulsara is built on an open API infrastructure with integration in mind. This integration allows clinicians to move all patient event data gathered through Pulsara directly to the EHR as a consolidated PDF which includes embedded images such as ECG, patient driver's license, scene photos, etc.
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BOZEMAN, MT -- October 10, 2018 -- For the second time, EMS World recognized Pulsara for its continued innovation following the release of the platform’s newest functionality that redefines the healthcare communication industry. The added ability to consult or transfer a patient; coupled with the power of an innovative live video chat feature, expands Pulsara’s ability to bring regional teams together to improve the lives of patient and caregivers. With a focus on patient safety and team coordination, the Pulsara mobile platform delivers evidence-based workflows to decrease crucial time-to-treatment for any time-sensitive emergency.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following content originally appeared on EMS1.com. Special thanks to our guest author, Tim Nowak for EMS1 BrandFocus. Tim is the founder and CEO of Emergency Medical Solutions LLC, an independent EMS training and consulting company that he developed in 2010. He's been involved in EMS and emergency services since 2002 and has worked as an EMT, paramedic and critical care paramedic in a variety of urban, suburban, rural and hospital settings. He’s also been involved as an EMS educator, consultant, item writer, clinical preceptor, board member, reference product developer, firefighter and hazmat technician throughout his career.
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“Hi, Ms. Smith, my name is Dr. Jones. The paramedics tell me you’re having some chest pain today.”
This is what it sounds like when your patient first arrives into the emergency department. It’s also what it sounds like when you’re able to integrate telemedicine into your own prehospital care.
Imagine a camera mounted into the back of your ambulance overlooking the patient. Nearby is a screen that allows your patient to see a neurologist directly and allows the same physician to perform a stroke exam while you transport to the hospital.
Or imagine splitting the screen on your tablet or laptop with a medical control physician while you explain the patient’s ST-segment elevation and then glance over to an image of their 12-lead EKG.
How about the patient who is speaking another language? Imagine having a live interpreter on the other end as you communicate with your rig phone, or allowing the patient to communicate with a translator who is fluent in American Sign Language.
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BOZEMAN, MT -- September 18, 2018 -- Pulsara has announced that the company is now a compatible vendor for the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines® registry, the premier program for assisting hospitals in measuring and improving cardiovascular disease and stroke care through research-based guidelines. From the outset, Pulsara’s vision was to be the evidence-based standard of care.
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BOZEMAN, MT -- September 13, 2018 -- Pulsara is honored to be represented by its CEO, Dr. James Woodson, at the 4th Annual Becker's Health IT + Revenue Cycle Conference on September 19-22 in Chicago. Dr. Woodson, ER Physician and Founder/CEO of Pulsara, has been invited to speak on two separate panels as well as a talk titled, “Your Clinical Communication & Collaboration (CC&C) is Not Enough: Why You Need a Regional Communication Network.”
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following content originally appeared on EMS1.com. Special thanks to our guest author, Tim Nowak for EMS1 BrandFocus. Tim is the founder and CEO of Emergency Medical Solutions LLC, an independent EMS training and consulting company that he developed in 2010. He's been involved in EMS and emergency services since 2002 and has worked as an EMT, paramedic and critical care paramedic in a variety of urban, suburban, rural and hospital settings. He’s also been involved as an EMS educator, consultant, item writer, clinical preceptor, board member, reference product developer, firefighter and hazmat technician throughout his career.
“Medic 1 calling General Hospital with a patient care report."
“Go ahead, Medic 1.”
“Medic 1 is transporting one patient, non-emergent. 67-year-old female coming from a nursing home that meets our sepsis alert criteria. The patient has recent pneumonia with congested lung sounds. Respirations are at 24, heart rate of 120, blood pressure of 88/42 with an end-tidal CO2 of 23 and a temperature of 100.7 degrees. We’ve started an IV and are administering a fluid bolus. ETA is 10-15 minutes.”
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BOZEMAN, MT -- September 4, 2018 -- Pulsara announced today the release of app version 9.2. The full release notes sent out by the company are as follows:
Before you know it, Fall will be here and it’ll be all pumpkins, crunchy leaves, and college football. For the Pulsara team, Fall means time to buckle in and make improvements to all the awesome features we’ve released so far.
This release was brought to you by … you. Thanks again for the great feedback that helps us help users like yourself. 100% of these enhancements came directly from clinicians in the field.
That brings us to Pulsara version 9.2, which features improvements to the team assignment and activation process flow. What’s that mean? Read on.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Special thanks to Arron Paduaevans for writing today's blog post. You can connect with him on LinkedIn.
Change, change, change … it seems like that’s all we hear about in today’s technology-driven society. Change your
diet, change your exercise, change your lifestyle -- a constant reminder of our inadequacies. And when
we hear this daily mantra, we can’t help but envision some faceless entity dictating how we should conduct our lives based on nothing more than skewed statistical data manipulated to fill someone else's coffers. I, for one, am tired of the word change.
