Emergency medicine of the future demonstrated at ACEP15
Demonstrations by nearly 60 companies of cutting-edge technologies and devices are being featured this week in Boston during the ACEP 2015 Scientific Assembly where more than 6,500 emergency physicians are discussing the preeminent issues in emergency medicine and participating in educational courses. 2015 InnovatED is presented by Actavis, athenahealth, and Janssen Pharmaceuticals and allows participants to tour medical innovations in a unique emergency medicine environment.
These best-of-the-best innovations are being showcased against a back drop of true-to-life emergency department displays, including three equipped trauma bays. Participants will experience the current thinking and best practices which encompass many of the daily life-saving activities in today’s emergency department. Each day during ACEP 2015, innovatED will also feature simulations of actual emergencies, including an active shooter scenario and emergency treatment of a stroke patient.
“When you bring the best minds in emergency medicine together with latest advancements in medical technology and technological achievement, what you really have is the emergency department of the future,” said ACEP President Jay Kaplan, MD, FACEP. “Emergency departments are the front lines of health care, and innovatED is an exciting place to see where emergency medicine is headed.”
Among the devices and technologies on display at innovatED: a demonstration of new simulation technology giving emergency physicians a highly realistic training environment in the treatment of cardiac emergencies; software offering a glimpse of what emergency departments will look like 50 years in the future; and a chest compression device which can sustain a patients’ blood circulation while emergency personnel tend to others during an emergency.
Reporters can obtain credentials and access to the Exhibit Hall by coming to the ACEP Media Relations Office in Room 150 of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC). InnovatED is open 9:30am to 3:30pm Monday October 26 to Wednesday October 28.
Bravado Health
Bravado Health is a leader in software development and management services for the ambulatory healthcare sector, including hospital emergency departments, urgent care centers, and retail health clinics. Founded in October 2000, Bravado Health operates systems that have been adopted by thousands of practitioners in cutting-edge healthcare facilities around the country.
ACEP is the national medical specialty society representing emergency medicine. ACEP is committed to advancing emergency care through continuing education, research and public education. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, ACEP has 53 chapters representing each state, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. A Government Services Chapter represents emergency physicians employed by military branches and other government agencies.