Global Point of Care
The 2020-2021 respiratory season presents an unprecendented challenge to Emergency Department (ED) care, with numerous unkown factors potentially influencing ED care delivery, including:
The impact of relaxed social distancing measures on community transmission of respiratory viruses1
Limited insights regarding the potential for and clinical implications of co-infection1
Patients presenting with higher acuity levels if they do not have access or are unwilling to access flu vaccinations and/or primary care visits2
Obtain rapid results on creatinine and potassium levels
Used in the diagnosis and treatment of AMI
Lactate can be used in the risk stratification of patients diagnosed with sepsis.
Rapid measurement of BNP to determine if a patient presenting with shortness of breath may be suffering from congestive heart failure
“You want to expedite care and make decisions quickly so that you can move patients rapidly. We’ve always been a large point-of-care shop because it does expedite care.”
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