Is an oxygen concentrator right for your practice?January 7, 2020On-site oxygen concentrators (a.k.a. generators) have grown in popularity over the past few years as an attractive and low-cost alternative to using high-pressure oxygen cylinders or liquid oxygen as the primary source of oxygen.
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Are you ready to comply with USP 800?November 14, 2019Next month, veterinary practices will be expected to comply with new regulations for the safety of health-care workers handling hazardous drugs (HDs), exposure to which can be harmful to veterinarians and veterinary technicians.
TraumaFX releases advanced canine medical simulatorJune 5, 2018K9 Diesel, a new canine medical simulator, has been released for commercial availability by TraumaFX, a division of Kforce Government Solutions and global provider of human and canine medical training simulators. Developed jointly with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), K9 Diesel offers 28 different features and medical intervention sites. The simulator builds on the TraumaFX K9 Hero model released in 2016, which offered a rugged design and life-like skeleton. K9 Diesel's added features include: Adjustable, realistic breathing Added audio cues (including four different sounds an injured dog might make) Interchangeable limbs Packable axillary wounds Decompression for gastric dilatation volvulus (GDV) Realistic venous and arterial bleeding for hemorrhage control training. Additionally, users are able to easily preprogram training scenarios, which can be named and saved for future use, allowing instructors to focus on the techniques of the learner while the simulator functions on its own throughout the exercise and captures the results for later review. "With K9 Diesel, operational K9 care is realized for the first time via simulation," said Carolyn Hollander, vice president of TraumaFX. "Working closely with DOD operational K9 teams, we have been able to replicate many more real-world medical situations." The simulator …
