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Flexible monitors bend to carry out clinical needs.(Operating Room)
From: Healthcare Purchasing News
Date: 20060501
Author:Cantrell, Susan
Monitoring surgical patients has come a long way since 1846 when Oliver Wendell Holmes coined the term anesthesia. Way back then, monitoring the patient basically boiled down to observing whether the patient was still breathing. Patient monitoring today can answer that question and a zillion more, with monitors proving to be a valuable tool to the surgical team in helping to ensure quality care for patients.
What's flexible about them?
Roy Wallen, director, critical care, Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA, explained what makes a monitor flexible: "Flexible monitors are ...
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