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Article: Allied Healthcare Launches First of Line of Ventilators Designed to Meet Demands of Mass Casualty Incidents
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- October 8, 2008
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To: MEDICAL EDITORS
Contact: Arthur Hoffman of Allied Healthcare Products, Inc., +1-
314-531-8888
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mass casualty
incidents -- such as terrorist attacks, pandemic flu outbreaks or
natural calamities like earthquakes or hurricanes -- raise the life-
and-death reality that existing medical equipment is not adequate to
provide treatment for all who need it. One of the most critical gaps
is the lack of ventilators for people requiring respiratory support.
Disaster specialists and health care professionals know that mass
casualty events could mean that:
-- skilled hospital personnel would be overwhelmed by the number
of patients requiring mechanical ...