In the News: Pulsara's Impact in Colorado, Texas, and Scotland

At Pulsara, our customers are why we do what we do. It's our privilege to help serve the people who serve people, and we're always excited to see what they're up to. Several of our customers have been featured in the news recently for the cutting-edge treatments they're providing and the innovative ways they're using Pulsara. Here are a few highlights! 

North Richland Hills Fire Department, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

EMS agencies across the industry have begun pairing barcoded patient wristbands with the Pulsara platform to track patients—both in routine patient cases and in the midst of a crisis. North Richland Hills Fire Department in Dallas-Fort Worth recently onboarded with Pulsara. The EMS agency is already rolling out Pulsara as an established part of their workflow, allowing them to share more information with the hospital. 

Pulsara allows EMS to connect directly with the team who will care for the patient at the hospital and send them visuals of the patient and their injuries. As reported by NBC DFW Channel 5 News in Fort Worth, Texas, firefighter and paramedic Kennedy Kuper explained some of the benefits of being able to show the hospital the patient's injuries before arrival: "If we have to put a tourniquet on something, this is how deep that cut is. Like, 'Oh, instead of stitches, we're gonna need something more. We're gonna need surgery.' They can get that team ready, ready to go." 

Their goal is to cut down on the time it takes to get patients to definitive treatment, which ultimately improves their chances at a better outcome. “In most of the situations that we deal with, time is an issue, and so we want to make sure we’re cutting those times down,” said David Rainwater, North Richland Hills Assistant Fire Chief. He explained that with Pulsara, “You’re getting our best effort, and a coordinated effort, from start to finish, to get more people to walk out of the hospital and return to their lives and their families.”

Watch the news coverage below, and read the full article on NBCDFW.com. 

Colorado Springs Fire Department, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) recently told KOAA News5 that they've recently updated their protocol to use wristbands with barcodes for all calls. “We put them on every patient, so we're in that muscle memory kind of mode,” said Medical Lieutenant Brian Ebmeyer. 

After the tragic mass casualty incident that occurred at Club Q in 2022, Colorado Springs Fire Department sought out a way to improve patient tracking and reunification. They were already using Pulsara for communication between EMS and the hospital, and decided to adopt a new update to the platform that allows them to pair it with barcoded patient wristbands. They can assign each patient a wristband and scan it to start a new channel that they can use to communicate the patient's condition to the hospital. Every clinician who helps care for the patient can use Pulsara to scan the band and access the channel. 

By using wristbands with all patients on a day-to-day basis, Colorado Springs Fire is practicing the same protocol they'll use the next time they face a crisis. “Everything that we do is for the patient—to make things better for the patient. Faster transport. Faster care,” said Ebmeyer.

Watch the news coverage below, and read the full article on koaa.com. 

University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland

Dr. Iris Grunwald, MD, Professor and Chair of Neuroradiology at the University of Dundee, Scotland, recently gave an interview to Endovascular Today about her role in the early days of stroke thrombectomy in Europe, the ongoing barriers to implementation, the need for cross-specialty training in stroke intervention, and her recent involvement with breakthrough technologies leveraging AI. When asked what innovations are on the horizon today that have the potential to shift stroke care decades down the road, in the same manner thrombectomy has for stroke, Dr. Grunwald mentioned photon-counting detectors and Pulsara: 

"Recently, we implemented a dedicated communication app (Pulsara) in our stroke service that is integrated with our AI imaging software. This led to significant time savings and minimized communication errors. I believe these AI tools will soon be an integral part of any stroke service of excellence."

The University of Dundee recently released a research abstract that showed improved door-to-CT times with Pulsara. Titled “Addressing Cardiovascular Disease Using a Novel Communication Tool Pulsara: Digital Communication Pathway of Excellence in Scotland,” the abstract describes how they found that the implementation of Pulsara has significantly improved patient care in several areas, including improved door-to-CT times and a reduced risk of communication errors.

Learn more and read the research abstract findings here. 

These stories are just a few among the many impressive advancements our customers are accomplishing. We're proud to support such dedicated teams who are devoted to making a difference in the lives of their patients. 

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