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One of the frequent questions has been about how to acquire DuoDote trainers. Brian Bailey, with Leavenworth County EMS provided me with this contact information this past fall. Bryan Salapong is the account representative for Meridian Medical Technologies, the manufacturers of the kits. Thanks, Brian, for passing this along. A number of people have been able to acquire one or two DuoDote Kits without having to purchase the entire case.
DuoDote Kit Contact:
Bryan Salapong
Account Representative & Distributor Relations Commercial Pharmaceuticals MERIDIAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES®, Inc., a subsidiary of King Pharmaceuticals®, Inc. 6350 Stevens Forest Road, Suite 301, Columbia, Maryland 21046 USA │(443.259.7892│3443.259.7801|*bryan.salapong@kingpharm.com
Our good friends at Johnson County Med-Act produced some great videos showing both the end tidal CO2 Colorimetric device in action as well as capnography and capnometry. Take a look:
End Tidal CO2 Capnometer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwQTXPj4cpo&feature=related
Capnometer/Capnograph
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJk1i8Upd5s&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLLHrj_pFys&feature=related
There are numerous videos posted here. You’ll know them as they are posted by “ttems” Thanks to JoCo for sharing these!
This comes from Jared Hoover, a paramedic with Sedgwick County and a part-time instructor with Hutchinson Community College. Thanks for sharing, Jared!
Catheter Training Prop
“I thought I would share this with you. I created a training replica of a working foley catheter with a liter bag of NS. I spiked the bag and widened the hole with a screw driver. I then put the catheter in the bag and inflated the balloon in the port for the spike. I tried putting the balloon in the bag and resting it on top of the port but it leaked around the catheter. I added food coloring to the bag to make the saline more visible and then pulled the air out of the saline bag with a syringe and needle. I am not sure pulling the air out is necessary. It worked perfect and made for a great demonstration.”
This is a great example of classroom prop creativity. What are you using that others could benefit from? Let us know!
