COPD Management News and Views

It has come to our attention that the National Strategy for COPD Regional Events will be running throughout March. These meetings are aimed at healthcare professionals who have an interest in COPD.
As two of the dates coincide with our COPD seminars we have decided to move our meetings to the following dates:
27th April 2010
Rose Bowl [...]

Axis-Shield UK is delighted to invite you to a free COPD seminar in March. We’re running a choice of two events aimed squarely at you: professional healthcare workers at the sharp end. In fact these seminars will be relevant to everyone with an interest in delivering innovative new forms of care to patients in a [...]

Following on from the i-STAT Business Case Template we posted, here’s a chance to download an example of the template being used in practice.

If you’re looking to set up a new blood gas testing service but don’t know where to start, then click through to download our i-STAT Business Case Template.

Our new online cost saving calculator makes the financial case for purchasing portable equipment for testing blood gases in the community much clearer!

Patients in Cambridgeshire suffering with breathlessness will benefit from improved assessment and care of this condition – following Cambridgeshire PCT’s purchase of new non-invasive equipment, which could mean the difference between life and death.

Find out how the new home oxygen assessment service within NHS Hull has saved £35,000 on equipment hire alone in the three months since this pilot project was completed.
By Julie Danby, Respiratory Nurse Specialist, NHS Hull

The ARNS Annual Conference will be held in Conventry on the 9th and 10th October and there are some great breakout sessions lined up this year.

Find out about the new range of portable spirometers from Axis-Shield UK. Spirometry is the single best diagnostic test for patients with suspected COPD.

Guidance for running controls on the i-STAT