Dollars and Sense
We are looking at AEDs wrong. Today, approximately nine hundred people will die from sudden cardiac arrest in the United States. And then...
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- Mar 6, 2021
- 1 min
Turning Off NaloxoFind
Hi everyone. I have some sad news to share. After giving it a lot of thought, Dan and I have decided to retire NaloxoFind. It is not a...
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- Oct 20, 2020
- 1 min
NSF Awards Follow-on Funding for the SmartAED
Altrix Medical awarded nearly $1 million to continue development of its SmartAED!
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- Jun 5, 2019
- 3 min
A Case For Crowd Sourced Naloxone
In 2017, more than 47,000 people died of an overdose involving opioids. This death rate is more than any year on record and has...
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- Feb 3, 2019
- 2 min
National Science Foundation Awards Grant to Altrix Medical
I am thrilled to announce that the National Science Foundation has awarded Altrix Medical a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)...
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- Apr 5, 2018
- 1 min
Saving Lives: Crowd Sourced Naloxone
Today the Surgeon General issued an advisory on Naloxone, urging more Americans to carry the drug that reverses an opioid overdose. This...
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- Oct 28, 2017
- 2 min
Altrix Medical Launches EpiFind
My seven year old daughter is severely peanut allergic. Since her diagnosis at the age of one year, I have, like many parents of allergic...
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- Dec 27, 2016
- 1 min
Altrix Completes Smartphone AED Prototype
Happy New Year everyone. It’s been a while since I’ve updated this feed and, as we approach the end of a roller coaster year, I thought...
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- Sep 29, 2016
- 2 min
Happy World Heart Day!
Today, September 29, is World Heart Day! In honor, and to raise awareness of cardiovascular disease, I’d like to share a few thoughts...
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- Mar 19, 2016
- 3 min
Why a Smartphone AED?
I was explaining defibrillation to a friend earlier this week. As we were chatting, I found myself also explaining the reason why such...
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