The Caudwell Xtreme Everest Team has returned from their
expedition to the peak of Mount Everest and has begun reviewing data
collected at extreme altitudes in hopes to improve treatment for
intensive care patients.
SunTech Medical, in co-operation with Cortex Biophysik GmbH,
provided the Caudwell Xtreme Everest team with non-invasive blood
pressure (OEM NIBP) technology for measuring blood pressure during
extreme exercise at a series of high-altitude laboratories. The team
hoped to replicate the low oxygen levels that intensive care patients
encounter with the similarly low oxygen levels on Mount Everest. They
believe their findings may help improve patient care for a number of
life-threatening conditions.
The Xtreme Everest team performed tests during exercise that
included assessment with the MetaLyzer(R) cardiopulmonary exercise
system from Cortex. SunTech Medical provides OEM non-invasive blood
pressure technology (OEM NIBP) for the MetaLyzer system to accurately
and reliably obtain blood pressure measurements under the demanding
conditions of stress and exercise.
"We used the SunTech non-invasive blood pressure (OEM NIBP) system
on the Caudwell Xtreme Everest Expedition. The system performed very
well in extremely harsh environmental conditions in temperatures as
low as -25 degrees Celsius and at altitudes of up to 6400 metres. We
successfully carried out 1787 exercise tests with NIBP monitoring
without damaging any of the systems," says Denny Levett, Deputy
Research Leader Caudwell Xtreme Everest.
Many of these tests had never before been done at these altitudes
and should provide the team with more information about oxygen supply
to the brain under conditions of low blood oxygen levels. The results
are expected to help physicians understand how patients react to low
oxygen levels and lead to improved care for the critically ill.
SunTech Medical certainly supports this goal and is proud that Cortex
Biophysik and the Caudwell Xtreme Everest Team chose SunTech Medical
as their blood pressure solution in pursuit of that goal.
Caudwell Xtreme Everest Project is coordinated by the UCL Center
for Altitude, Space and Extreme environment medicine (CASE). For more
information, please visit www.xtreme-everest.co.uk.
About SunTech Medical:
SunTech Medical´s OEM blood pressure technology is used by many of
the world´s leading patient monitoring and defibrillator equipment
manufacturers. Offerings include technologies for particular patient
environments and conditions including patient transport (ambulance,
helicopter, or gurney), patient motion (tremors and spasms) and
specific patient populations (dialysis, neo-natal, pediatric, or
veterinarian).
