Baptist Health has adopted the EleGARD Patient Positioning System. The device, from AdvancedCPR Solutions, precisely, rapidly, and consistently positions the patient for CPR and airway management and raises the patient into a multi-level elevation to support the use of an innovative new technique for resuscitation.
Baptist Health-Little Rock will be the first hospital in the U.S. to adopt the EleGARD Patient Positioning System.
“We want to save lives with CPR, and when the life is saved, we want to provide the best opportunity for an optimal neurological outcome,” said Dr. Wendell Pahls, director of emergency services at Baptist Health-Little Rock. “The systems-based approach using multiple technologies dramatically improves the outcomes we can deliver to our patients.”
Baptist Health expects to deploy four devices first at the hospital before expanding the technology across its healthcare system.
The Elevated CPR method is a technologically-advanced technique for performing device-assisted head up CPR that incorporates lifting the head, heart, and thorax in a multi-level elevation, in a timed sequence, in conjunction with best practice resuscitation protocols.