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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 quintuple...

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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) Pha...

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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 abo...

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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 d...

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