Lee County MEDSTAR Flight Operations First To Implement Draeger Medical's New Emergency And Transport Ventilation System

Telford, PA - Marking its official launch into the U.S. emergency care market, Draeger Medical, Inc. announced the first implementation of its ventilation system, the Oxylog 3000, at Lee County MEDSTAR Flight Operations.

MEDSTAR, a division of Lee County Emergency Medical Services, serves as the primary air medical transport service for Lee County in Fort Myers, FL and is staffed with two critical care flight paramedics and an EMT/pilot. To ensure the best possible outcomes for patients before, during and after transportation, the aircraft is equipped with the latest Advanced Life Support (ALS) equipment – which now includes Draeger's Oxylog 3000.

"Whether we're conducting scene missions or inter-facility transports we need to make sure our patients receive the best care possible," said Lt. Michael G. Hamel, Operations Supervisor/Flight Paramedic, Lee County MEDSTAR. "In the testing phase, the Oxylog 3000 exceeded our expectations. Now in clinical use, the vent is performing flawlessly. The Oxylog 3000 allows our team the ability to provide ventilatory management to a wide spectrum of patients in a manner not previously available in our service. We're very pleased with the multi-parameter capabilities Oxylog 3000 in the critical care environment – so much so that we've made a purchase for another one."

Intended for the demanding emergency and transport environments, the Oxylog 3000 is ideal for supporting MEDSTAR's rapid transport of high priority patients or critically ill and injured persons. MEDSTAR's Hamel estimates that the ventilator could be used as many as fifty times per quarter, and in such a taxing environment the quality of design and construction needs to be of the highest caliber.

"The Oxylog 3000 is tailor-made for the extreme conditions that companies like MEDSTAR can operate under," said Tim Scharn, marketing manager for Pre- and Post-Hospital Care, Draeger Medical, Inc. "It contains the benefits of our intensive care unit ventilators, but with the rugged and simple-to-operate design that you need in extreme emergency situations, including at thousands of feet in the air."

Designed and manufactured with the same attention to detail and performance as Draeger's high-end Evita ICU ventilators, the Oxylog 3000 represents a significant advance in emergency and transport ventilation systems.

SOURCE: Draeger Medical, Inc.