When the authorities sent to the city of Bahía Blanca A mobile hospital equipped with 40 beds to strengthen assistance to those affected by the storm, the tragedy of Bahía Blanca also showed the current scope, the possibilities and potentialities of hospital care outside the hospital.
The hospital destined expresses what is a trend in medical equipment, which points to increasingly portable devices, connected and with remote monitoring capacity. In fact, we already have apparatus availability that can contribute to tragic scenarios. Of Chinese origin and endowed with state -of -the -art technology, The Mobile Hospital today installed in Bahía Blanca is equipped with seven respirators, seven infusion pumps, three multiparamétrico monitors and two econographics, each team with their raison d’être in this context.
While infusion pumps, which guarantee the precise and safe administration of medicines, fluids and parenteral nutrition to patients, are fundamental to ensure real -time controlled treatments; Portable eradicra -and in CSH, ultra laptops- They offer high quality images for immediate diagnosis at the scene of the emergencyso they are key to the rapid evaluation of internal injuries and urgent pathologies.
To the respirators, which we omit to describe by the revealing of their name, the multiparamétric monitors that allow real -time monitoring of vital signs such as heart rate, blood pressure and oxygen saturation, essential to monitor the evolution of patients in critical condition are added. It is also worth mentioning the internment beds. what hIt has been designed to optimize space, provide comfort and facilitate medical careimproving patient recovery.
Although they are not among the teams referred to the Buenos Aires city, the electrocardiographers – in a mobile hospital are also part of the apparatus of a mobile hospital – in a mobile hospital allow patients with symptoms of cardiovascular conditions – and defibrillators, resuscitation equipment to treat sudden cardiac stoppages, essential to attend to immediate emergencies immediately.
All these increasingly portable and integrated devices with digital platforms And, therefore, with remote monitoring capacity, allow more precise control of patients, improving the response in emergency situations and facilitating real -time follow -up.
At home
The case of Bahía Blanca is not the only one of the last days that has put on the mat the scope and possibilities of telemedicine. When writing these lines, still The possibility of transfer of Pope Francis was evaluated to one of the Vatican residences to continue with his treatment in a home hospitalization.
The evaluation of the professionals responsible for the health of the Supreme Pontiff illustrates how far the potential of telemedicine and how high complexity medical care is moved outside the hospital, by the hand of technologies that allow to provide intensive care in a home environment.
Much of the apparatus cited a few lines behind is also applied in this case. To the mentioned equipment, the parenteral feed pump can be added, which provides essential nutrients directly to the bloodstream, when the patient cannot feed orally or enterally, and that allows people with digestive or recovery difficulties to receive adequate nutrition.
It is important to underline that here we already have avant -garde equipment that facilitates hospitalization at home with the highest quality standards, in line with the advancement of medical technology, which is revolutionizing the way in which patients are provided to patients outside the hospital.
Certainly, these equipment is expected to evolve towards greater automation, with integration of artificial intelligence and remote connectivity. This will allow health professionals to monitor patients in real time from any location, anticipating possible complications and improving the efficiency of treatments, which is what everyone involved with the sector seeks.
Tomás Piqueras is CEO of CSH
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