IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Frankfurt am
Main Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Germany and Masimo (Nasdaq:
MASI), the inventor of rainbow® Pulse CO-Oximetry™,
rainbow Acoustic Monitoring™, and Masimo SET®
Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, today
jointly announced that every EMS vehicle in the city of Frankfurt,
Germany will be equipped with a Masimo Rad-57® Pulse
CO-Oximeter—making carbon monoxide (CO) screening by Pulse
CO-Oximetry a city-wide EMS requirement.
Frankfurt am Main is the first city in Germany to mandate the
use of Masimo Rad-57 for CO screening and to equip every ambulance
in town with this lifesaving technology. More than 30 Rad-57
Pulse CO-Oximeters, which noninvasively measure the amount of CO in
the bloodstream, were purchased to protect the health and safety of
Frankfurt citizens and paramedics from the dangers of undetected CO
poisoning.
Carbon monoxide—an odorless, colorless, toxic gas that is
impossible to see, taste or smell—is the leading cause of
injury and death by poisoning worldwide. Also known as the
“silent killer”, CO can kill before you are aware you are being
poisoned. According to the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air,
approximately 2 billion people worldwide are at risk and an
estimated 1.6 million premature deaths occur worldwide each year
due to CO poisoning.
Dr. Leo Latasch, Medical Director for the Frankfurt am Main EMS,
commented: “With the Rad-57, our paramedics just slip the
noninvasive finger sensor on the patient and press a button.
Within seconds they can see the carbon monoxide and oxygen
saturation levels in the blood, as well as pulse rate, right there
on-the-spot—without having to draw a single drop of
blood.”
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