OHK Medical Devices recently launched its EED™ Product Line for use in Emergency Medicine, where it auto-transfuses a patient’s own blood from the limbs into central circulation, during severe shock and during CPR.

The EED™ is intended for treatment of patients with very low blood pressure (<80 mm Hg) due to shock or cardiac arrest.

When the EED™ is applied to the legs it shifts >500 cc of blood from each leg (total of > 1 liter) into central circulation within a few seconds. The EED™ also blocks the flow of blood into the legs. It can be safely kept on the patient for 120 minutes.

This shifting of blood is equivalent to “auto-transfusion” of the patient’s own fresh blood, which:

• Raises blood pressure
• Increases cardiac output
• Directs blood to the essential organs (brain, heart)

The EED™ is intended for emergency medical treatment in the following scenarios:

Massive Bleeding

In cases where massive bleeding causes a patient’s systolic blood pressure to fall below 70-80 (<80 mm Hg), the EED™ Device can be used to squeeze limbs, pushing blood into the central circulation system.

Results:

• Blood pressure rises to required levels, thus preventing or delaying irreversible brain damage.
• The Isolation of limb/s results in a reduced surface area to which the heart struggles to pump blood.

Cardiac Arrest

In cases of cardiac arrest it is often very difficult or impossible to perform CPR on a patient whose heart (pump) is emptied of blood. While using the EED™, blood is pumped to the heart, which now filled, can participate in the resuscitation process.