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Jul 232 min

Revolutionizing Emergency Response: Introducing the World's Smallest AED by Altrix Medical

Nearly twelve years ago, we embarked on a mission to transform emergency medical response. Today, I am thrilled to announce a...

Feb 24, 20221 min

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...

Mar 6, 20211 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...

Oct 20, 20201 min

NSF Awards Follow-on Funding for the SmartAED

Altrix Medical awarded nearly $1 million to continue development of its SmartAED!

Jun 5, 20193 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...

Feb 3, 20192 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)...

Apr 5, 20181 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...

Oct 28, 20172 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...

Dec 27, 20161 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...

Sep 29, 20162 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...

Mar 19, 20163 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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