Medical Devices Used in Extreme Conditions in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine: Overview of the Issue, Use Case Regarding Mechanical Ventilation at Altitude and Advice

Carine Malle, Alban De Luca, Thierry Chevallier, Thierry Chevallier, Thierry Chevallier

2023

Abstract

Pre-hospital emergency medicine sometimes involves taking care of patients in environments far different from the hospital. Cold, heat, humidity, altitude, wind, etc. put human beings and equipment to a severe test. What are the extreme conditions to which pre-hospital emergency medicine professionals are exposed? What types of medical devices are particularly concerned? What are the regulations and standards in force? What are the impacts of exposure to extreme conditions on medical devices? To answer these questions, we rely on an analysis of the regulatory and normative context, on a scientific literature review and on a case study involving mechanical ventilation at altitude. Finally, we share some thoughts and advice intended for health facilities and users, in order to improve practices in terms of selection, use and monitoring of medical devices exposed to extreme conditions. This document is illustrated with examples concerning the French defence health service, but our approach can be applied to any entity concerned with pre-hospital emergency medicine.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Malle C., De Luca A. and Chevallier T. (2023). Medical Devices Used in Extreme Conditions in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine: Overview of the Issue, Use Case Regarding Mechanical Ventilation at Altitude and Advice. In Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: ClinMed, ISBN 978-989-758-631-6, pages 215-221. DOI: 10.5220/0011923100003414

in Bibtex Style

@conference{clinmed23,
author={Carine Malle and Alban De Luca and Thierry Chevallier},
title={Medical Devices Used in Extreme Conditions in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine: Overview of the Issue, Use Case Regarding Mechanical Ventilation at Altitude and Advice},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: ClinMed,},
year={2023},
pages={215-221},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011923100003414},
isbn={978-989-758-631-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: ClinMed,
TI - Medical Devices Used in Extreme Conditions in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine: Overview of the Issue, Use Case Regarding Mechanical Ventilation at Altitude and Advice
SN - 978-989-758-631-6
AU - Malle C.
AU - De Luca A.
AU - Chevallier T.
PY - 2023
SP - 215
EP - 221
DO - 10.5220/0011923100003414