Emergency Medicine Innovations
Emergency medicine projects in the Innovation Accelerator aim to improve patient care in the emergency department and increase patients' chances of surviving life-threatening events.
Pneumothorax capnography device
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Johnathon M. Aho, M.D., Ph.D.
Pneumothorax capnography device
Dr. Aho's pneumothorax capnography device
Dr. Aho has created a novel device that emergency department staff can place into patients' chests to confirm the escape of carbon dioxide. The device also aids in reinflating a collapsed lung, greatly increasing patients' chances of survival in respiratory emergency.