Robertson County EMS is using Handtevy, a system that calculates exact medication doses based on a patient's age and weight. It works offline, prevents dosing errors especially for kids, and helps crews stay confident during emergencies.
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Casey Bowen (KAGS News)
Patient weight and age
No — it works offline
No — they say no patient information is stored
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Some new technology is coming to Robertson county to help paramedics in those critical moments before taking patients to the hospital. Kaci Bowen learned about the system earlier today and has more.
First responders have just minutes to assess the situation and decide what action to take.
You feel that adrenaline, you get that nervousness whenever that pediatric call comes out.
During medical emergencies, things move fast and a wrong measurement or dosage can have.
Serious impacts for a simple adult patient. If anything were to happen, cardiac arrest, you give a milligram of epi. That's a standard of care across the board. Now, if you tell me that I have a six month old in cardiac arrest, your dosages are significantly different.
That's where a system called Hand Tevy is coming in to help.
This system now allows us to do that pre planning properly on the way to the call and walk in with a ton of confidence.
The system takes the weight and age of a patient and gives providers the exact measurement to give, taking away the need for mental math.
It's hard enough just to do simple math in your head now, but attempt to do that same math in a ditch with an overturned car where the patient is screaming in pain.
Those who work in these high stress situations say this technology lowers the risk of human error.
You don't want to make medication errors, you don't want to overdose, you don't want to underdose. And when you're able to have everything laid out, knowing concentration, how much volume we're actually giving in the drug you're taking the possibility for a med math error out.
And with Hand Tevy coming to Robertson county, it's bringing a special feeling for someone who cares for so many in the community.
So to bring this system back and allow these paramedics and EMTs to provide the best level of service for my family is super important.
And whether it's family or not, having the confidence in these situations can save lives.
And so you have to relieve the crews of the decisions they don't need to make so that they can be safe and make critical decisions to somebody else gets another day on the planet.
In Robertson County, Casey Bowen, KAGS News.
Another aspect of that system, it works offline, meaning crews can be in remote locations and still access that information. But they do say no patient information is stored, so there's no risk of that getting exposed.
