Key Facts About Philips & ALS Products

  • Philips is the world’s #1 patient monitoring company. Building upon this foundation, the HeartStart MRx is the world’s only monitor/defibrillator on the Philips IntelliVue Information Network and incorporates many of the same algorithms, patient connections and configuration choices as Philips premier bedside monitors.

 

  • Philips uniquely supports the efforts of EMS systems and hospitals to reduce door-to-balloon times for STEMI patients by providing solutions from EMS to and through the hospital, including the cath lab and post-procedure monitoring.

 

  • Philips uniquely supports emerging therapeutic hypothermia protocols with continuous temperature monitoring on the HeartStart MRx, the only defibrillator/monitor to offer such functionality.

 

  • Philips offers customer unparalleled choice with open, standards-based information technology for managing data captured by HeartStart AEDs and monitor/defibrillators.

 

  • Philips offers the most comprehensive choice for CPR measurement and feedback with Q-CPR™ on the HeartStart MRx.

 

  • Philips leads in innovation—We have the most “firsts” in the industry.

 

  • MD Buyline’s Industry Report has ranked Philips ALS monitors and AEDs #1 among our competitors for 5 consecutive quarters, since January 2007.

 

  • Philips Healthcare has a nearly 50-year legacy of resuscitation, built upon the experience of Hewlett-Packard and the Sanborn Company.

 

  • Since 1996, the Philips/Laerdal Medical alliance has brought together Laerdal’s expertise in training, simulation and CPR research, with Philips’ strengths in defibrillation and monitoring innovation. Together, we pioneered Q-CPR, the world’s first real-time measurement and feedback tool integrated into an ALS monitor/defibrillator to provide personalized feedback on both compressions and ventilation. Q-CPR enabled much of the research behind the heavy focus on the AHA’s Quality of CPR in its Compliants Guidelines.

 

  • All HeartStart Defibrillators feature Philips’ patented low-energy SMART Biphasic waveform. This technology is proven effective, minimizes post-defibrillation heart dysfunction, and is associated with improved return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and neurological outcomes.

 

  • Philips Healthcare offers high-quality supplies and accessories that are designed and validated to precise specifications to optimize the performance of Philips equipment and instrumentation.

 

 

 

Q-CPR™ is a trademark of Laerdal Medical

 

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