How to trim a cat’s ear hair in this free feline dental health video.
Expert: Carolyn Haynie
Contact: www.purrzonecats.com
Bio: Carolyn Haynie has been a dog and cat groomer for 40+ years. She owns a Persian cat cattery that produced a national winner in 2005.
Filmmaker: Liz Mortensen
Duration : 0:1:52
AirPal’s® concept of air-assisted patient transfer and positioning has gone through an evolution of design. The original prototypes used plywood and 1950′s vintage Chrysler® headliners as materials! The technology that AirPal innovated creates an inflatable patient surface while a constant volume of air escapes from beneath. The escaping air breaks the plane of friction, and allows for safe lateral transfers and positioning of physically dependent or injured patients with less risk of injury to the caregiver.
AirPal’s® continuous attention on air-assisted medical devices has led to what are known today as the AirPal® Platform and RAMP® (Rapid Airway Management Positioner). AirPal’s® focus has led to things like special medical fabrics that reduce the chance of skin shear and aide in pressure management. The double layered patient surface uses these special medical fabrics and is devoid of seams in the patient footprint. The absence of Velcro® eliminates the infection control issue generated by its use on competitive devices. Integral stabilization bands distribute pulling stresses from handle to handle eliminating the transfer surface as a stressed member, resulting in an incredibly durable design. These and other innovations have allowed AirPal® to offer a five years warranty on its products. Through a lengthening of the product warranty, AirPal® seeks to offer a tangible advantage to those who purchase AirPal® products based on value, the quality of materials used, and construction techniques.
Truly groundbreaking has been AirPal’s introduction of the RAMP. Using a system of inflatable chambers, the RAMP creates an incline surface that raises a patient’s chest. A separate air chamber positions the patient’s head to achieve the optimal “ear to sternal notch position” for airway management. While foreseen to enhance all forms of direct laryngoscopy, it is the efficiency of the device that will likely have the most impact on protocols observed in the Operating Room. Available with an integrated AirPal Platform; clinical trials showed the RAMP “All-in-One” was capable of transferring a patient from the stretcher, onto the OR Table, then positioned on the OR Table and “ramped” to proper position in under one minute. Once the airway has been established, the patient can be immediately and automatically repositioned for surgery. Traditional methods of ramping a patient are ad hoc, unreliable and extremely time inefficient using the manual placement of linens behind a patient’s back.
Duration : 0:1:26
