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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...

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...

NSF Awards Follow-on Funding for the SmartAED

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

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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