Is your AED Rescue-ready and FDA Compliant?
An Automatic External Defibrillator, or AED, is something that most people tend to keep in their peripheral. AEDs just aren’t that important to most people… until something goes wrong. AEDs are designed to shock a heart’s rhythm when someone suffers a Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA). It’s impossible to predict when or where these emergencies […]
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Shocking! How Defibrillators Deliver Energy, and why they work
Today I just wanted to briefly discuss a few different terms that you hear around the medical industry quite often. We sell units that come with many options; buying a cardiac monitor (defib as it’s commonly referred to) can be much like purchasing a car! So today, we will go over the different ways […]
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How to use the Lifepak 15
My name is Mitch Nelson, and today I wanted to talk about how to use the Lifepak 15 defibrillator/monitor. This unit comes with many configurations, including manual defibrillation, an AED mode, a CPR metronome to help guide you to ventilate your patient without hypo or hyperventilating them. It also comes with pacing, synchronized cardioversion, non-invasive […]
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The FDA Makes a Critical Change to AEDs in 2022
Repost of an article originally published in TechNation, Expert Advice At MME and ReNew Biomedical, we want to keep our customers up-to-date and informed on any FDA regulatory actions that will cause issues or problems within their course of business. One of the most comprehensive actions taken by the FDA is the institution of the […]
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Video Laryngoscope Q&A
Carrie Kastner, MME’s Senior Contract and Sales Manager, shares her thoughts about video laryngoscopes, from FAQs, cost-saving tips, and important things to consider when purchasing: Q: What advantages does Video Laryngoscope intubation have over other methods? Carrie Kastner: Video intubation provides an indirect view to the airway for improved glottic visualization using less force to […]
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Budget-Friendly Renting and Financing Solutions
Shortly after the Covid pandemic began, Master Medical Equipment realized the financial crisis that faced many hospitals, clinics, and first responders. Their budgets were stretched thin, means of income often cut down, and almost every healthcare facility found themselves in dire need of more equipment. Most could not afford the steep price of a brand-new […]
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ReNew Biomedical Achieves ISO 13485:2016 Certification
Master Medical Equipment is proud to announce that our official equipment service partner, ReNew Biomedical, has been awarded the International Organization for Standardization’s Medical Device Quality Management System (MD QMS) certification ISO 13485:2016. MD QMS 13485 is a widely-recognized international standard, setting guidelines for the best practices to develop an efficient Quality Management system for […]
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Important FDA Defibrillator Compliance Notice:
AED Compliance Notice: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notified all AED and defibrillator manufacturers, distributors, owners, users, and prescribers that effective February 3, 2022, all accessories for non-FDA approved AEDs and professional defibrillators must no longer be supported by manufacturers. A unit is non-FDA approved if the manufacturer did not file for a […]
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Rethinking Cryosurgery in the Physicians Office
Cones, Buds and Environmentally-Friendly Next-gen cryo devices will deliver better results, reduce medical waste, and generate higher profits It is hard to believe that 30 years have gone by since the introduction of canister-based devices for cryosurgery. These highly portable products had a big impact making cryosurgery available across many specialties including pediatrics and family […]
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Nursing Technologies Transforming Patient Safety and Care
Over the decades, no industry has embraced technology more closely than healthcare. Technavio’s IT forecast even shows that the global healthcare IT market is expected to grow 9% annually until 2024, putting its revenue at roughly $96 billion by then. Among the many uses for technology in the industry, such as medical imaging, those used in […]
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