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by Bruce Brown | January 18, 2021 | Medical
When you combine virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) with additional features including biosensors in industrial safety and medical applications, it’s called mixed reality (MR). We’ve written about a wide variety of VR and AR applications from...
by Bruce Brown | December 24, 2018 | Medical
The hospital “emergency room” may no longer exist, ceding its place in modern medical care to emergency departments (ED) that handle an increasing volume of visitors. In 2015 there were 136.9 million emergency department visits, 9% of which, or 12.3...
by Bruce Brown | November 15, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
The health tech wearables that we write about typically combine one or more integrated biosensors with battery-powered wireless transmitters to send biometric data elsewhere to be stored and analyzed, usually to a smartphone. Such devices come in a myriad of form...
by Bruce Brown | April 12, 2018 | General News, Medical
After their initial certification, Emergency Medical Service clinicians must keep current with up-to-date protocols, laws, advisories, memos, and notices issued by licensing and regulatory agencies. EMTS, AEMTS, first responders, and paramedics cannot medically treat...
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by Bruce Brown | December 1, 2017 | General News, Health
When emergencies happen, fast response can often make the difference between life and death. Most adults carry cellphones, but they don’t help much if you’re unconscious. Automotive services such as General Motors’ OnStar detect accidents and deploy...
