Med One Blog

By Dani Vaughan

The Med One Industry Insight video series focuses on talking with experts in their respective fields about the healthcare industry and what advice they have, given their experiences. Med One is not only an industry leader when it comes to medical equipment leasing, rental, sales, and service, but also in the excellent leadership of a growing company and establishing relationships with customers and vendors. Each member of our executive and senior leadership team can provide unique perspectives and advice when it comes to healthcare careers, working in the industry, and how Med One can help prospective and current customers.

Patient monitoring equipment provides quick displays of vital biometric patient data, including heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, and more. Without the ability to get a quick read of patient vitals, medical professionals can't respond quickly and correctly to a medical emergency with their patients. When looking to acquire monitoring equipment, different facilities will have various capacities to attain the necessary equipment. That is when facilities need to ask the question, is it better to lease or buy patient monitoring equipment?

By Dani Vaughan

CHOICE Humanitarian has its headquarters located in Salt Lake City, UT, but their work takes place in communities throughout the world. The work that happens within each country is managed by highly experienced directors and staffed by local volunteers. Their goal is to eliminate extreme poverty by working with and training community leaders to take ownership of their own development. Choice Humanitarian will work with these communities until they are self-sufficient and sustainable, then they will exit, and the community will continue to thrive.

With demand sky-high, medical facilities across the world are needing to purchase more respiratory ventilators than ever before. But the circumstances that have increased the demand have also forced medical personnel to take greater care in how they choose respiratory ventilators. While this list is far from all-encompassing, taking into account these qualities can help your facility begin to navigate this choice.

IV fluids are one of the most crucial parts of patient care when it comes to treating patients who need medications in their system quickly. However, because of the nature of IV medications and the fact that many patients often require multiple medications at once, distributing the wrong medication can be deadly. That is why knowing how to label IV tubing correctly is so incredibly important.

By Dani Vaughan

The CADD®-Solis is an infusion pump that is very small, portable, and is used in a variety of therapies. CADD® pumps are part of Smiths Medical’s line-up of infusion products. These pumps are often searched for online when healthcare personnel are looking for IV pumps. Like many other infusion pumps, the purpose of this pump is to deliver medication at a controlled dose and rate to the patient. This delivery method allows for the correct dose of fluids or medication to be administered correctly.