Medical ID Products

It is a well recognised fact in the medical field that instant identification of a person 's pre-diagnosed health condition or allergy can save their life. This is not only proven on a daily basis by paramedics, but it is often one of the primary things pointed out to delegates on first aid training courses. If the patient is wearing a Mediband indicating their condition, vital seconds can be gained, and suitable treatment can be administered quickly. These vital extra seconds can sometimes be the difference between life and death. Craig Pyne, Director of North West First Aid recognises the obvious benefits of wearing a Mediband, and comments: Mediband is the obvious choice to recommend to delegates who attend our training courses. They offer vital medical information and allow for medication to be administered quickly; something, which is vital in a first aid situation. Mediband wristbands are also durable and fit into a patients ' everyday wardrobe without intruding on their personal style. Continue reading →

Hospitals in Oregon and Washington are standardizing overhead calls and color codes to reduce the risk of confusion or human error. The move follows a survey that found wide variation in the emergency codes among the region's hospitals. This matters because many doctors and nurses now work at more than one place. Correspondent Tom Banse reports. If you've spent any time in a hospital, you know that the staff sometimes speak in code. Overhead page: "Code blue in ER one. Code blue..." Here at Capital Medical Center in Olympia, "code blue" means a patient's breathing or heart has stopped. But at a few hospitals, code blue means "get security." So now imagine a scenario involving a doctor or nurse who's recently switched hospitals. Her patient goes into sudden cardiac arrest. She instinctively calls for code blue. But instead of the resuscitation team, the security guard comes running. This really happened at an unnamed Washington hospital. It is one reason Capital Medical Center's chief nursing officer favors standardization. Lisa Moylen: "When temporary personnel come, within the first hour they're here they're oriented to the codes because that's very important. It would certainly be a lot easier if there were some universal components." Lisa Moylen says the use of temp nurses and traveling nurses has gone way up since she started in medicine 40 years ago. Continue reading →