Abstract
When a crisis occurs, emergency medical responders must often operate outside of a hospital setting without basic resources such as electricity. As a result, they rely on point-of-care (POC) testing devices, which are designed to be portable for monitoring critical parameters such as blood gases and glucose levels. Unfortunately, POC devices often have narrow operating ranges, with typical temperature limits within ±10°C of room temperature. This presents significant challenges to the efficiency of the medical response effort since environmental temperatures can vary widely as a function of geography and seasonal weather patterns. To address this issue, a thermo-modulating container is being developed to protect POC devices from extreme temperatures during crisis care situations.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the IEEE Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC |
| Pages | 299-300 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2013 |
| Event | 39th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC 2013 - Syracuse, NY, United States Duration: Apr 5 2013 → Apr 7 2013 |
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| Other | 39th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC 2013 |
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| Country | United States |
| City | Syracuse, NY |
| Period | 4/5/13 → 4/7/13 |
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Keywords
- container
- disaster
- point of care
- temperature
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Bioengineering
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Thermo-modulating container for protecting point-of-care devices from extreme temperatures during disaster relief. / Gamache, C. A.; Rust, M. J.; Kost, Gerald J.
Proceedings of the IEEE Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC. 2013. p. 299-300 6574477.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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